Orthodox Calendar

Beskrivelse

Orthodox Calendar displays daily Orthodox calendar information from Holy Trinity Orthodox Church.

The plugin language is selected by an administrator in Settings > Orthodox Calendar. The selected language determines the calendar service URL, remote endpoint, widget title, and navigation messages.

English configuration:

  • Title: Orthodox Calendar
  • Site: https://www.holytrinityorthodox.com/calendar/
  • Remote endpoint: https://www.holytrinityorthodox.com/calendar/calendar2.php

Russian configuration:

  • Title: Православный календарь
  • Site: https://www.holytrinityorthodox.com/ru/calendar/
  • Remote endpoint: https://www.holytrinityorthodox.com/ru/calendar/calendar2.php

The Russian remote endpoint is normalized to HTTPS.

Features include:

  • English or Russian language selection as a plugin option.
  • Display the current day’s Orthodox Calendar.
  • Navigate to the previous day.
  • Return to today’s date.
  • Navigate to the next day.
  • Uses the WordPress HTTP API.
  • Uses the WordPress AJAX API.
  • Sanitizes and validates incoming data.
  • Escapes output according to WordPress coding standards.
  • Uses a strict HTML allowlist for remote content.
  • Validates remote links and images against the selected Holy Trinity calendar path.
  • Converts the remote Windows-1251 calendar response to UTF-8.
  • Uses WordPress transients to reduce remote requests.

Installation

  1. Upload the orthodox-calendar folder to the /wp-content/plugins/ directory.
  2. Activate the plugin through the WordPress Plugins screen.
  3. Go to Settings > Orthodox Calendar and choose English or Russian.
  4. Go to Appearance > Widgets and add the “Orthodox Calendar” widget to a sidebar.

FAQ

How do I choose the language?

Go to Settings > Orthodox Calendar and select English or Русский. English is the default.

Does the plugin use file_get_contents()?

No. The plugin uses the WordPress HTTP API with wp_remote_get().

Is calendar information cached?

Yes. Calendar responses are sanitized and cached temporarily using the WordPress Transients API. English and Russian responses use separate cache keys.

Does the remote calendar use Windows-1251?

Yes. The remote calendar response is converted from Windows-1251 to UTF-8 before sanitization and display.

Anmeldelser

Der er ingen anmeldelser for denne widget.

Bidragsydere & udviklere

“Orthodox Calendar” er open source-software. Følgende personer har bidraget til dette plugin.

Bidragsydere

Ændringslog

1.3.0

  • Added English/Russian language selection as a WordPress plugin option.
  • Added Settings > Orthodox Calendar.
  • Added language-specific calendar site URLs and remote endpoints.
  • Added English and Russian widget titles and navigation messages.
  • Added language to transient cache keys.
  • Added strict URL path validation for the selected calendar language.
  • Preserved the WordPress HTTP API and AJAX architecture.
  • Preserved the strict remote HTML allowlist and output escaping.
  • Preserved Windows-1251 to UTF-8 conversion.

1.2.0

  • Modernized plugin structure.
  • Replaced deprecated plugin path constants.
  • Replaced direct remote requests with the WordPress HTTP API.
  • Removed file_get_contents().
  • Removed get_headers().
  • Replaced the standalone PHP proxy with the WordPress AJAX API.
  • Added nonce verification.
  • Added sanitization and validation of AJAX input.
  • Added output escaping.
  • Added transient caching.
  • Moved JavaScript to a separate file.
  • Updated widget registration.
  • Improved accessibility of navigation buttons.

1.1

  • Previous version.