DEPRECATION NOTICE: This plugin has been deprecated in favor of the official Carbon Fields plugin.

This is a simple plugin that may be used to load the latest release version of Carbon Fields.

This plugin is not supported or maintained by htmlBurger and team, the creators and maintaners of Carbon Fields. The author of this loader plugin has no affiliation with htmlBurder or the Carbon Fields team.

• Official Carbon Fields Framework Documentation
• Usage Examples for this Loader Plugin

• WordPress 4.0 or higher
• PHP 5.3 or higher (using the CFL_OPTIONS constant requires PHP 7 or higher)

Note: This plugin will deactivate itself if a legacy version Carbon Fields is loaded (either via plugin or as a dependency of a plugin/theme). Legacy versions and current releases of Carbon Fields are not compatible and may not be concurrently loaded.

Because we don't like "admins" monkeying around and disabling (or touching) things, options are set with constants in wp-config.php.

define( 'CFL_MIN_VERSION', '2.1.1' );

Sets the minimum supported loaded version of Carbon Fields to >=2.1.1.

define( 'CFL_DISABLE_UPDATE_NOTIFICATION', true );

Disables update notifications for this plugin. (Only relevant if GitHub Updater is also installed.) This can be useful if you use GitHub Updater for other plugins but don't want your code to break because somebody clicked "Update" without testing first.

define( 'CFL_REMOVE_PLUGIN_ACTIONS', 'deactivate' );

Removes the "Deactivate" action link for this plugin from Plugins > Installed Plugins.

• Set CFL_REMOVE_PLUGIN_ACTIONS to true to remove all action links.
• Alternatively, you may also set CFL_DISABLE_DEACTIVATE to true to remove the Deactivate action link only.

define( 'CFL_HIDE_PLUGIN', true );
define( 'CFL_HIDE_GITHUB_UPDATER', true );

Hides this plugin and GitHub Updater from Plugins > Installed Plugins in WP Admin.

define( 'CFL_DESCRIPTION_NOTICE', '<strong>This plugin is required for the site to work!</strong>' );

Allows you to append text to this plugin's description in Plugins > Installed Plugins.

You may use an array for the CFL_REMOVE_PLUGIN_LINKS constant:

define( 'CFL_REMOVE_PLUGIN_LINKS', ['deactivate', 'edit'] );

This removes both the 'Deactivate' and 'Edit' action links from Plugins > Installed Plugins.

However, since you're running a non-legacy version of PHP, you may be more concise.

define( 'CFL_OPTIONS', array( ... ) );

• min_version (string) - Set the minimum supported loaded version of Carbon Fields. This is short form if you don't want to use deps.
• deps (array) - Set minimum versions for PHP ('php') and Carbon Fields ('carbon_fields'). NB! The minimum version of Carbon Fields set in deps takes precedence over the min_version setting. If you have boths set, this value will be used.
• hide_plugins (mixed) - If set to true (bool), hides this plugin and GitHub Updater. Array ['carbon-fields-loader', 'github-updater'] or string 'carbon-fields-loader' may be used selectively choose.
• remove_actions (mixed) - If set to true (bool), removes all action links (ie, "Deactivate" and "Edit"). Array ['deactivate', 'edit'] ("Deactivate" and "Edit" links) or string 'deactivate' ("Deactivate" link only) may be used to selectively choose.
• disable_updates (bool) - If set to true, disables update notifications for this plugin only.
• description_notice (string) - Allows you to append text to this plugin's description in the same way that defining CFL_DESCRIPTION_NOTICE does.

define( 'CFL_OPTIONS' , ['min_version' => '2.1.1', 'hide_plugins' => true ] );

• Carbon Fields 2.1.1 or higher must be loaded, else notice is displayed.
• This plugin and GitHub Updater will be hidden from Plugins > Installed Plugins.

define( 'CFL_OPTIONS' , ['deps' => [ 'carbon_fields' => '2.1.1', 'php' => '5.3.29' ], 'hide_plugins' => ['carbon-fields-loader', 'github-updater'], 'disable_updates' => true ] );

• Carbon Fields >=2.1.1 and >=PHP 5.3.29 must be loaded, else notice is displayed.
• This plugin and GitHub Updater are hidden from Plugins > Installed Plugins.
• Update notifications are disabled for this plugin. (If GitHub Updater is installed.)

define( 'CFL_OPTIONS' , ['min_version' => '2.1.1', 'hide_plugins' => 'carbon-fields-loader', 'remove_actions' => ['deactivate', 'edit'], 'disable_updates' => true ] );

• Carbon Fields 2.1.1 or higher must be loaded, else notice is displayed.
• This plugin (but not GitHub Updater) is hidden from Plugins > Installed Plugins.
• Removes "Deactivate" and "Edit" action links from this plugin.
• Update notifications are disabled for this plugin.

Q: I get a fatal error when I activate this plugin. What do I do?

A: This may occur when you are running an outdated version of the Carbon Fields plugin and/or have a plugin/theme that includes and outdated version as a dependency. Although this plugin does appropriate version checking, other plugins/themes may not. The only fix is the delete this one or update the plugins/themes that require it.

Q: How do I properly use this loader with my plugin/theme?

Please see the wiki for usage examples.

Q: How do I update this plugin to use a newer version or a different branch of the Carbon Fields Framework?

A: If you just want to pull the latest release version of Carbon Fields from the repo, run composer update. If you want to pull a different branch, open composer.json and edit the line: "htmlburger/carbon-fields": "^2.1.1". Set the version to "dev-branch" (for example, if you want the development branch, set it to "dev-development"), then run composer update.

Q: How can I get auto-updates?

A: Install GitHub Updater.

Release changes are noted on the Releases page.

• None since release

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Carbon Fields

URL: http://carbonfields.net/
Author: htmlBurger.com
Twitter: @htmlburger
Author URI: https://htmlburger.com/
Location: London, England