Title: Context Manager Author: Phill Brown Published: December 15, 2012 Last modified: November 13, 2013 --- Search plugins ![](https://ps.w.org/context-manager/assets/banner-772x250.png?rev=640097) This plugin **hasn’t been tested with the latest 3 major releases of WordPress**. It may no longer be maintained or supported and may have compatibility issues when used with more recent versions of WordPress. ![](https://s.w.org/plugins/geopattern-icon/context-manager_735b3e.svg) # Context Manager By [Phill Brown](https://profiles.wordpress.org/phill_brown/) [Download](https://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/context-manager.1.2.0.zip) * [Details](https://pcd.wordpress.org/plugins/context-manager/#description) * [Reviews](https://pcd.wordpress.org/plugins/context-manager/#reviews) * [Installation](https://pcd.wordpress.org/plugins/context-manager/#installation) * [Development](https://pcd.wordpress.org/plugins/context-manager/#developers) [Support](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/context-manager/) ## Description Context Manager makes your site behave differently depending on the current user’s context. Using the simple point-and-click admin pages, there are four different ways your site can react: 1. Include and exclude CSS and JavaScript files 2. Changing the behaviour of menu items 3. Hiding widgets in sidebars 4. Adding extra classes to the `` tag. The plugin supersedes [Menu Rules](https://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/menu-rules/) #### Example usage A website has e-commerce shopping functionality driven by a custom post type called‘ products’. There’s an archive page called ‘shop’ that lists products and is linked to in the main navigation menu. A user visits ‘shop’ and the menu item becomes ‘active’, but when they click through to an individual product, the menu item loses its state. The user becomes lost. 1. [Install](https://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/context-manager/installation/) the Context Manager plugin 2. Add a new context rule 3. Give it a meaningful name in the title field. This is just for administration purposes 4. In the _conditions_ field enter `is_singular( 'product' )` 5. Choose _Emulate current page as a child but do not create a menu item._ as the menu rule 6. Find your products page in the menu dropdown On the product page, there are irrelevant widgets that distract the user from making a purchase. * Hide irrelevant widgets under the _widgets_ reaction The whole shop section requires its own colour scheme, but there’s no common class that ties all the pages together. * Enter `shop-section` class name in the _body class_ reaction. Or alternatively, register another stylesheet using [`wp_register_style()`](https://codex.wordpress.org/Function_Reference/wp_register_style) in you theme’s `functions.php`. * Create Remember to click publish when you’re ready to save. Have a look at [screenshots](https://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/context-manager/screenshots/) to see the above setup in action. #### Support If you’re stuck, ask me for help on [Twitter](http://twitter.com/phill_brown). ## Screenshots * [[ * An example setup for a products section in a online shop * [[ * CSS and JavaScript reactions ## Installation 1. Download and unzip the folder from [the WordPress plugins repository](https://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/context-manager/) 2. Upload the context-manager folder into to the `/wp-content/plugins/` directory 3. Activate the plugin through the ‘Plugins’ menu in WordPress 4. Open the ‘Appearance’ menu item and click the ‘Context Rules’ link ## Reviews There are no reviews for this plugin. ## Contributors & Developers “Context Manager” is open source software. The following people have contributed to this plugin. Contributors * [ Phill Brown ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/phill_brown/) [Translate “Context Manager” into your language.](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/context-manager) ### Interested in development? [Browse the code](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/context-manager/), check out the [SVN repository](https://plugins.svn.wordpress.org/context-manager/), or subscribe to the [development log](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/context-manager/) by [RSS](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/context-manager/?limit=100&mode=stop_on_copy&format=rss). ## Changelog #### 1.2.0 * [Bugfix]: disabled assets reaction which triggered errors in 3.6. No feasible workaround found yet * [Bugfix]: added conditional checks into widgets reaction #### 1.1.5 * [Bugfix]: menu_reaction property not being set in child page and inactive parent menu reactions #### 1.1.4 * [Bugfix]: Some environments were triggering a fatal error related to html() due to an action being added to a hook too late #### 1.1.3 * [Bugfix]: Asset reaction generating a global site error if not logged in #### 1.1.2 * [Bugfix]: Major issue that generated an error when adding or editing a context rule #### 1.1.1 * [Bugfix]: Errors in widget reaction when site has orphaned widgets #### 1.1 * [Added]: Assets reaction * [Bugfix]: get_rules() using incorrect meta_query parameter * [Bugfix]: PHP 5.4 fatal errors #### 1.0.2 * [Bugfix]: Body class and widget reactions caused an error when no rules were set up #### 1.0.1 * [Bugfix]: Invalid foreach warning when no rules were added in get_rules() ## Meta * Version **1.2.0** * Last updated **12 years ago** * Active installations **20+** * WordPress version ** 3.2 or higher ** * Tested up to **3.7.41** * Language * [English (US)](https://wordpress.org/plugins/context-manager/) * Tags * [context](https://pcd.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/context/)[rules](https://pcd.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/rules/) [widget logic](https://pcd.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/widget-logic/)[wp_enqueue_scripts](https://pcd.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/wp_enqueue_scripts/) * [Advanced View](https://pcd.wordpress.org/plugins/context-manager/advanced/) ## Ratings 5 out of 5 stars. * [ 5 5-star reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/context-manager/reviews/?filter=5) * [ 0 4-star reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/context-manager/reviews/?filter=4) * [ 0 3-star reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/context-manager/reviews/?filter=3) * [ 0 2-star reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/context-manager/reviews/?filter=2) * [ 0 1-star reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/context-manager/reviews/?filter=1) [Add my review](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/context-manager/reviews/#new-post) [See all reviews](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/context-manager/reviews/) ## Contributors * [ Phill Brown ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/phill_brown/) ## Support Got something to say? 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