What is the meaning of %s, %1$s etc.?

From a Q&A Thread I’ve came to meet with some old things, but I’m afraid, I found myself in a condition that, I still don’t know the meaning of them and don’t know why to use them. %1$s – (found to load widget id) %2$s – (found to load widget class/classes) %s – (found here) … Read more

Set Default Listing “View” in Admin

I’m looking for a way to set the default “View” options under post types in the admin area. For example, by default Posts will default to a “list” view instead of “excerpt” – I’d like to change this to excerpt by default – what would be the best way to achieve this? I’ve done a bit of searching on this, but am stuck in the mud thus-far. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks!

Using action hooks inside of a shortcode

I am trying to create a modular plugin that includes action hooks for developers to add content before and after the main shortcode content. I’m having some trouble because anything I do in the function called by the action hook is always echoed out at the top of the shortcode instead of inside the shortcode where it belongs.