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Name	WPide
Version	2.3.2
Author	Simon @ WPsites
Rating	98
Last updated	2013-07-29 11:02:00
Downloads	43172
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Home page

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Post page

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WPide plugin has no negative impact on PageSpeed score.

Home page PageSpeed score has been degraded by 0%, while Post page PageSpeed score has been degraded by 0%

WPide plugin added 3 bytes of resources to the Home page and 17 bytes of resources to the sample Post page.

WPide plugin added 0 new host(s) to the Home page and 0 new host(s) to the sample Post page.

Great! WPide plugin ads no tables to your Wordpress blog database.

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Description

WPide is a WordPress code editor with the long term goal of becoming the ultimate environment to code/develop WordPress themes and plugins. You can edit any files in your wp-content, not just plugins and themes. Code completion will help you remember your WordPress/PHP commands providing function reference along the way. Edit multiple concurrent files with the tabbed editor.

Please come forward (either on github or the WordPress support forum) with any bugs, annoyances or any improvements you can suggest. I'd like this plugin to be the best it can be and that's only going to happen if users chip in with their feedback. Code contributions welcome, over on Github.

This plugin would not be possible without the Ajax.org Cloud9 Editor (http://ace.ajax.org/) which is the embedded code editor that powers much of the functionality.

This plugin performs best in the Chrome web browser.

Current Features:

Syntax highlighting
PHP syntax checking before saving to disk to try and banish white screen of death after uploading invalid PHP
Line numbers
Code autocomplete for WordPress and PHP functions along with function description, arguments and return value where applicable
Colour assist - a colour picker that only shows once you double click a hex colour code in the editor. You can also drag your own image into the colour picker to use instead of the default swatch (see other notes for info).
Automatic backup of every file you edit. (one daily backup and one hourly backup of each file stored in plugins/WPide/backups/filepath)
File tree allowing you to access and edit any file in your wp-content folder (plugins, themes, uploads etc)
Create new files and directories
Highlight matching parentheses
Code folding
Auto indentation
Tabbed interface for editing multiple files (editing both plugin and theme files at the same time)
Using the WordPress filesystem API, although currently direct access is forced (edit WPide.php in the constructor to change this behaviour) ftp/ssh connections aren't setup yet, since WP will not remember a password need to work out how that will work. Maybe use modal to request password when you save but be able to click save all and save a batch with that password. Passwords defined in wp-config.php are persistent and would fix this problem but people don't generally add those details. Open to ideas here.
Image editing/drawing (this is currently not working..)

Feature ideas and improvements:

Improve the code autocomplete command information, providing more information on the commands, adding links through to the WordPress codex and PHP.net website for further info.
Add find and replace functionality
Create an admin panel to choose between syntax highlighting themes and turn on/off other Ajax.org Cloud9 functionality
Better automated file backup process
Templates/shortcuts for frequently used code snippets, maybe even with an interface to accept variables that could be injected into code snippet templates.
Integration with version control systems such as Git

As with most plugins this one is open source. For issue tracking, further information and anyone wishing to get involved and help contribute to this project can do so over on github https://github.com/WPsites/WPide