/*
Plugin Name: Conflict Death Ticker
Description: Displays live violent death statistics in stock market style
Version: 1.0
Author: Your Name
*/
// Security check
defined('ABSPATH') or die('No script kiddies please!');
class ConflictDeathTicker {
public function __construct() {
// Register admin menu
add_action('admin_menu', array($this, 'create_admin_interface'));
// Register shortcode
add_shortcode('death_ticker', array($this, 'display_ticker'));
// Enqueue scripts
add_action('wp_enqueue_scripts', array($this, 'enqueue_assets'));
// Schedule data updates
register_activation_hook(__FILE__, array($this, 'activate_cron'));
register_deactivation_hook(__FILE__, array($this, 'deactivate_cron'));
add_action('update_death_stats', array($this, 'fetch_live_data'));
}
public function create_admin_interface() {
add_menu_page(
'Death Ticker Settings',
'Conflict Ticker',
'manage_options',
'death-ticker-settings',
array($this, 'settings_page')
);
}
public function settings_page() {
// Settings form would go here for API keys/sources
}
public function enqueue_assets() {
wp_enqueue_style('ticker-style', plugins_url('ticker.css', __FILE__));
wp_enqueue_script('ticker-script', plugins_url('ticker.js', __FILE__), array('jquery'), null, true);
}
public function activate_cron() {
if (!wp_next_scheduled('update_death_stats')) {
wp_schedule_event(time(), 'hourly', 'update_death_stats');
}
}
public function deactivate_cron() {
wp_clear_scheduled_hook('update_death_stats');
}
public function fetch_live_data() {
// This would connect to data sources - implementation depends on API availability
$sources = array(
'ACLED' => 'https://api.acleddata.com/crisis/read',
'GDELT' => 'https://api.gdeltproject.org/api/v2/events/events'
);
// Process data from sources (pseudo-code)
$data = array();
foreach ($sources as $source => $url) {
$response = wp_remote_get($url);
if (!is_wp_error($response)) {
$data[] = $this->process_source_data($response['body']);
}
}
update_option('death_ticker_data', $data);
}
private function process_source_data($raw) {
// Parse and normalize data
return array(
'country' => 'SY',
'fatalities' => 42,
'timestamp' => time()
);
}
public function display_ticker() {
ob_start(); ?>
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( function() {
var skipLinkTarget = document.querySelector( 'main' ),
sibling,
skipLinkTargetID,
skipLink;
// Early exit if a skip-link target can't be located.
if ( ! skipLinkTarget ) {
return;
}
/*
* Get the site wrapper.
* The skip-link will be injected in the beginning of it.
*/
sibling = document.querySelector( '.wp-site-blocks' );
// Early exit if the root element was not found.
if ( ! sibling ) {
return;
}
// Get the skip-link target's ID, and generate one if it doesn't exist.
skipLinkTargetID = skipLinkTarget.id;
if ( ! skipLinkTargetID ) {
skipLinkTargetID = 'wp--skip-link--target';
skipLinkTarget.id = skipLinkTargetID;
}
// Create the skip link.
skipLink = document.createElement( 'a' );
skipLink.classList.add( 'skip-link', 'screen-reader-text' );
skipLink.id = 'wp-skip-link';
skipLink.href = '#' + skipLinkTargetID;
skipLink.innerText = 'Skip to content';
// Inject the skip link.
sibling.parentElement.insertBefore( skipLink, sibling );
}() );
