#374 - Integrates hook to remove content filters

[ypsilon-p]

see #374

[ypsilon-p]

I chose the solution with two actions. The filters made it very inflexible and confusing. When integrating it into our project, we realised that the option of using actions gives us a great deal of flexibility in terms of the functions to be executed.

[ypsilon-p]

Here is an example how we use the actions:

function togglePaywallFilter(): void
{
    $contentFilterName = '\Paywall\Generator::paywall_for_the_content';
    if (has_filter('the_content', $contentFilterName)) {
        remove_filter('the_content', $contentFilterName);

        return;
    }

    add_filter('the_content', $contentFilterName);
}

add_action('beyondwords_before_content', 'togglePaywallFilter', 10, 1);
add_action('beyondwords_after_content', 'togglePaywallFilter', 10, 1);

I know of other projects where the content is manipulated depending on certain actions and filters. In these projects, the use of actions is a great added value to deactivate the actions and filters only for the moment of processing by BeyondWords.

[galbus]

@ypsilon-p your action example is very nice and I agree it's better than adding the filters, but to merge in actions like this we would also need tests written and docs written by us too at https://docs.beyondwords.io/docs-and-guides/content/connect-cms/wordpress. We are also aiming to keep the number of filters and actions to a minimum to reduce complexity, especially in our docs.

I have proposed a solution in PR #378 that may work, especially with respect to paywalls. If this works then that would require less overall effort on our side and we would be able to ship it faster. I'm hoping it does. 🤞

[galbus]

@ypsilon-p #378 is favourable because we are intentionally limiting the amount of filters and actions we provide.

If this update does not fix your issue and you believe an action or filter is required then please provide more detail and we can discuss alternative approaches.

The update will be shipped today in plugin version 3.6.1.