Add column to All Users page

[Jamie Furlong]

Hi Vinny,

I’d like to add a column to the users page which displays whether they have selected immediate notifications or not. I came across this code and wondered what I’d have to change in order to display this:

/*this will add column in user list table*/

function add_column( $column ) {
    $column['text_checkbox'] = 'Immediate Notifications';
    return $column;
}
add_filter( 'manage_users_columns', 'add_column' );

/*this will add column value in user list table*/
function add_column_value( $val, $column_name, $user_id ) {
    switch($column_name) {

        case 'text_checkbox' :
            return get_user_meta( $user_id, 'my_key_name', true ); ;
            break;

           default:
    }
}
add_filter( 'manage_users_custom_column', 'add_column_value', 10, 3 );

I think the one line I need to change is

return get_user_meta( $user_id, 'my_key_name', true ); ;

where I replace ‘my_key_name’ with the meta value for immediate notifications. Also this is a straight copy from somewhere and I think there’s an extra semi-colon there.

Any pointers? TIA

[vinny]

Hi Jamie,

The simplest way is to use

get_user_meta( $user_id, 'BbpnnsDigest_force_notification', $single=true);

However, that may break if I ever decide to change how the preference is stored. A better, but more complex option is to load the recipients DAO and load it from there. However, because load_lib() is protected, you’ll have to override it somewhere:

class jamies_digest_override extends BbpnnsDigest {
    public function __construct(){ /* NOOP */ }

    public function load_lib( $name, $params = array(), $force_reload = false ){
        return parent::load_lib( $name, $params, $force_reload );
    }
}

and then replace your get_user_meta line with this:

$obj = new jamies_digest_override();
$rec_dao = $obj->load_lib( 'dal/recipients_dao' );
return $rec_dao->get_user_force_notif_pref(null, $user_id);

[Jamie Furlong]

Thanks for getting back to me, Vinny. Could I trouble you to place that all in one block of code?

[vinny]

This is what it should look like. Note that I haven’t tested it, so please run it in your dev site first.

/*this will add column in user list table*/

function add_column( $column ) {
    $column['text_checkbox'] = 'Immediate Notifications';
    return $column;
}
add_filter( 'manage_users_columns', 'add_column' );

/*this will add column value in user list table*/
function add_column_value( $val, $column_name, $user_id ) {
    switch($column_name) {
        
        case 'text_checkbox' :

            $obj = new jamies_digest_override();
            $rec_dao = $obj->load_lib( 'dal/recipients_dao' );
            return $rec_dao->get_user_force_notif_pref(null, $user_id);
            
            break;
            
        default:
    }
}
add_filter( 'manage_users_custom_column', 'add_column_value', 10, 3 );

class jamies_digest_override extends BbpnnsDigest {
    public function __construct(){ /* NOOP */ }
    
    public function load_lib( $name, $params = array(), $force_reload = false ){
        return parent::load_lib( $name, $params, $force_reload );
    }
}

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