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Hello Dolly For Your Song

This simple plugin shows a random line of any text in your blog.

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Tested up to WordPress 6.8
Current version0.20
WordPress coverageTested up to WordPress 6.8
Minimum stackWP 5.2 · PHP 7.0
Directory statusactive
Last directory update4 Sept 20251y ago
Active installations40Adoption metric — not a quality score
WordPress.org ratingNo WordPress.org ratings yet
Official packageDirect from WordPress.org

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WP PlugIndex currently records Hello Dolly For Your Song version 0.20 as active, updated 1y ago and tested up to WordPress 6.8.

Overview

About this plugin

This simple plugin is an extended version of the famous hello dolly plugin by Matt Mullenweg. Every human being has a special relationship to a particular song. And because of that, Hello Dolly For Your Song brings the lyric of your favourite song in the blog.

But of course it can be used for any text. 😉

Features

  • Display a random line of a custom text in your blog as gutenberg block
  • Display a random line of a custom text in your blog as widget
  • Display a random line of a custom text in your blog as shortcode
  • Display a random line of a custom text in your theme as template tag
  • Display a random line of a custom text in the blog administration
  • Integration into WordPress REST API
  • Hooks for Developers
  • Options Page to define a custom song text
  • Site Health Integration
  • Hidden Options
  • Languages: English, German, Spanish, French, Indonesian, Russian

Related Links

  • Official Plugin Page (German)
  • Why I have created this plugin? (German)
  • ScreenCast showing almost all features (German)
  • Source Code @ GitHub

Configuration

  • Maintain the songtext you love in the Settings.
  • That is all!

Gutenberg Block Category

Widgets

Shortcode

[hdfys]

Template Tag

hello_dolly_for_your_song()

Get Function

get_hello_dolly_for_your_song()

REST API Endpoint

http://yourblogdomain/wp-json/restful-hello-dolly-for-your-song/text

Actions

hdfys_new_song

This Action wil be fired, if a new text was maintained in the settings.

You can use the following code.

function hdfys_do_anything() {

// Add your code to execute here

} add_action( 'hdfys_new_song', 'hdfys_do_anything', 10, 3 );

Filter

hdfys_output_filter

The filter will be applied before output of the gutenberg block, template tag and shortcode.

You can use the following code.

function hdfys_output_manipulate( $output ) {

// Add your filter code here // Example: $output=strtolower( $output );

return $output; } add_filter( 'hdfys_output_filter', 'hdfys_output_manipulate', 10, 1 );

WordPress.org metadata

Plugin tags

Topics listed for this plugin in the WordPress.org directory.

  • hello world
  • learning wordpress
  • admin
  • love
  • random
Compatibility & maintenance

Compatibility & maintenance

Tested up to WordPress 6.8

Not yet marked as tested with WordPress 7.1. WordPress.org currently lists Tested up to 6.8.

Current WordPress releaseWordPress 7.1
WordPress.org Tested up to6.8
Minimum requirementsWordPress 5.2 · PHP 7.0
Update activity4 Sept 20251y ago

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