Tutorial · Snippet Tracker

Register your first snippet

Four steps to get an existing snippet into the tracker and correctly scoped to the pages it touches.

  1. Install and activate

    Upload the Snippet Tracker zip under Plugins → Add New and activate it. It attaches to the shared WhaleSoft.net menu automatically.

    Plugins → Add New → Upload Plugin → jsm-snippet-tracker.zip

  2. Add a snippet entry

    Go to WhaleSoft.net → Snippet Tracker → Add New. Give it a clear name, note where the code physically lives (a functions.php addition, a code-snippets plugin, a theme file), and paste in a short description of what it does.

  3. Set its page scope

    Mark which pages or templates the snippet affects — site-wide, a specific template, or a handful of individual pages. This is what makes the tracker useful later, when something looks off on one page but not another.

    Scope → Site-wide / Template: single.php / Specific pages

  4. Confirm it shows in the register

    Check the main Snippet Tracker list. Your entry should show its name, scope, and a "last edited" timestamp that updates whenever you revise it.

Common questions

No — it's a register, not an executor. The snippet still lives wherever you originally placed it; Snippet Tracker just keeps a record of it.
Yes — add them manually the same way as a new one. There's no requirement that a snippet was created after the plugin was installed.

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