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Hikari Tools Framework

A plugin development framework with a lot of reusable code and a nice settings page builder.

By <a href="https://profiles.wordpress.org/shidouhikari/"></a>·Tool·Free
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As of April 2026, Hikari Tools Framework is a WordPress tool plugin with 10 active installations and a 0/5 rating0. It has been downloaded 2.7K+ times in total. Requires WordPress 2.8.0+ and PHP false+. Available on WordPress.org since 2010. Last updated 15 years ago — may have compatibility concerns. Top alternative: Transients Manager.

0/5Rating
10active installs
2.7K+total downloads
16 yearssince 2010

Overview

Hikari Tools Framework isn’t a plugin with features for the end user. It’s a development framework with tools to be used by other plugins, so that they don’t need to duplicate the same code over and over again.

It deeply decreases plugins development time, specially in building options pages. For that, instead of building the whole HTML for each plugin, we can just prepare an array and it’s used to build the whole page.

Another great feature this framework offers is options detection and reset. With the use of another simple array, in the bottom of options page it prints a table showing to plugin’s users all kinds of options the plugins creates, being it wp_options, comment meta, post meta, and even network-wide options and user specific options (usermeta).

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Ratings & Reviews

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Compatibility

WordPress2.8.0+ requiredTested up to 3.0.5
PHPfalse+ required

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Frequently Asked Questions

Changelog

1.07

  • First public release.
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Contributors

shidouhikari
Plugin Info
Version
1.07.05
Last Updated
Oct 22, 2010
WP Requires
2.8.0+
Tested Up To
3.0.5
PHP Requires
false+
Active Installs
10
Downloads
2.7K+
Added
Oct 22, 2010
Business
Free

Tags

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Developer

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