Underpin batch task Loader

Loader That assists with adding batch tasks to a WordPress website.

Installation

Using Composer

composer require underpin/batch-task-loader

Manually

This plugin uses a built-in autoloader, so as long as it is required before Underpin, it should work as-expected.

require_once(__DIR__ . '/underpin-batch-tasks/batch-tasks.php');

Setup

1. Install Underpin. See Underpin Docs
2. Register new batch tasks as-needed.

Batch tasks

As a plugin matures, the need to break a big task (like replacing the value of every record in a database) into smaller tasks (replace 20 records until all are replaced) becomes commonplace.

The problem is, WordPress doesn't provide a way to create these tasks easily. This loader makes it possible to register and build your own batch tasks quickly.

Example

A very basic example could look something like this.

\Underpin\underpin()->batch_tasks()->add( 'example-batch', [
    'description'             => 'A batch task that does nothing 20 times',
    'name'                    => 'Batch Task Example',
    'tasks_per_request'       => 50,
    'stop_on_error'           => true,
    'total_items'             => 1000,
    'notice_message'          => 'Run the most pointless batch task ever made.',
    'button_text'             => 'LETS GO.',
    'capability'              => 'administrator',
    'batch_id'                => 'example-batch',
    'task_callback'           => '__return_null', // The callback that iterates on every task
    'finish_process_callback' => '__return_null', // The callback that runs after everything is finished
    'prepare_task_callback'   => '__return_null', // The callback that runs before each task
    'finish_task_callback'    => '__return_null', // The callback that runs after each task
  ] );

Alternatively, you can extend batch task and reference the extended class directly, like so:

underpin()->batch_tasks()->add('key','Namespace\To\Class');

This is especially useful when using batch tasks, since they have a tendency to get quite long, and nest deep.

Enqueuing the batch notice

Once a batch task is registered, you can instruct Underpin to display the admin notice to run this task like so:

Underpin\underpin()->batch_tasks()->enqueue('example-batch');

This will add a batch task notice to the admin area. Once clicked, the batch task will run, with a progress bar to indicate progress. When complete, it will self-close.