One button on admin page works but not two

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I am workin on a plugin (for use on my own site). I recently added a button to the admin page that generates some text, and it works fine. This is what I use (pilfered from examples):

if (!current_user_can('manage_options'))  {
  wp_die( __('You do not have sufficient galooph to access this page.')    );
}

if ($_POST['plugin_button'] == 'thing' && check_admin_referer('thing_button_clicked')) {
  plugin_thing_button();
}
echo '<form action="options-general.php?page=plugin-list" method="post">';

wp_nonce_field('thing_button_clicked');
echo '<input type="hidden" value="thing" name="plugin_button" />';
submit_button('Generate new thing');

echo '</form>';

This works fine and calls the function as it should.

Now I want a second button to do something completely unrelated.

Here is what I tried, basically copying from above:

if (!current_user_can('manage_options'))  {
  wp_die( __('You do not have sufficient galooph to access this page.')    );
}

if ($_POST['plugin_button'] == 'thing' && check_admin_referer('thing_button_clicked')) {
  plugin_thing_button();
}
if ($_POST['plugin_button2'] == 'thing2' && check_admin_referer('thing2_button_clicked')) {
  plugin_thing2_button();
}
echo '<form action="options-general.php?page=plugin-list" method="post">';

wp_nonce_field('thing_button_clicked');
echo '<input type="hidden" value="thing" name="plugin_button" />';
submit_button('Generate new thing');

wp_nonce_field('thing2_button_clicked');
echo '<input type="hidden" value="thing2" name="plugin_button2" />';
submit_button('Generate new new thing');

echo '</form>';

The code for 2 buttons returns "The link you followed has expired." for both buttons, i.e. the one that worked alone does not work either now.

Where is my mistake? Thank you in advance!

I am workin on a plugin (for use on my own site). I recently added a button to the admin page that generates some text, and it works fine. This is what I use (pilfered from examples):

if (!current_user_can('manage_options'))  {
  wp_die( __('You do not have sufficient galooph to access this page.')    );
}

if ($_POST['plugin_button'] == 'thing' && check_admin_referer('thing_button_clicked')) {
  plugin_thing_button();
}
echo '<form action="options-general.php?page=plugin-list" method="post">';

wp_nonce_field('thing_button_clicked');
echo '<input type="hidden" value="thing" name="plugin_button" />';
submit_button('Generate new thing');

echo '</form>';

This works fine and calls the function as it should.

Now I want a second button to do something completely unrelated.

Here is what I tried, basically copying from above:

if (!current_user_can('manage_options'))  {
  wp_die( __('You do not have sufficient galooph to access this page.')    );
}

if ($_POST['plugin_button'] == 'thing' && check_admin_referer('thing_button_clicked')) {
  plugin_thing_button();
}
if ($_POST['plugin_button2'] == 'thing2' && check_admin_referer('thing2_button_clicked')) {
  plugin_thing2_button();
}
echo '<form action="options-general.php?page=plugin-list" method="post">';

wp_nonce_field('thing_button_clicked');
echo '<input type="hidden" value="thing" name="plugin_button" />';
submit_button('Generate new thing');

wp_nonce_field('thing2_button_clicked');
echo '<input type="hidden" value="thing2" name="plugin_button2" />';
submit_button('Generate new new thing');

echo '</form>';

The code for 2 buttons returns "The link you followed has expired." for both buttons, i.e. the one that worked alone does not work either now.

Where is my mistake? Thank you in advance!

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Share Improve this question edited Oct 15, 2020 at 13:12 Dominic Bender asked Oct 15, 2020 at 9:56 Dominic BenderDominic Bender 1333 bronze badges 6

• If it doesn't do what you expect, what does it do instead? How does it fail? – Tom J Nowell ♦ Commented Oct 15, 2020 at 10:41
• Sorry, forgot to mention that. The code for 2 buttons returns "The link you followed has expired." for both buttons, i.e. the one that worked alone does not work either. Added it above. – Dominic Bender Commented Oct 15, 2020 at 13:11
• 1 hmmm there's nothing in your code that has that message, what does the implementation of plugin_thing_button look like? I notice your buttons share the same <form> tag so technically both buttons are submitted regardless of which one was pressed – Tom J Nowell ♦ Commented Oct 15, 2020 at 13:28
• plugin_thing_button generates a piece of text and writes it into a logfile. I need to try putting them in different forms later! I assumed that "The link you followed has expired." must be coming from Wordpress since that line appears nowhere in my code. – Dominic Bender Commented Oct 15, 2020 at 15:50
• it might be, I suspect the nonce handling, and that you have made calls to certain APIs, but I cannot be sure as you still haven't shared the contents of those functions. Remember, it's not the button you're submitting, it's the form and everything it contains – Tom J Nowell ♦ Commented Oct 15, 2020 at 17:37

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I think I've solved the problem, there are 2 issues:

1. You have 1 form for both buttons, submitting means submitting the entire form, so both buttons are submitted
2. Your nonce/referrer checks appear to be incomplete

The second item is why you're having issues, although server time issues could also factor in.

If we inspect your nonce and check closer:

...

check_admin_referer('thing_button_clicked')

...

wp_nonce_field('thing_button_clicked');

Notice that they only use the first parameter which is the action. They do not specify the name. This means that when you use wp_nonce_field, it will default too _nonce, resulting in <input type="hidden" name="_nonce"... which is a problem when you have 2 nonces.

So specify the second parameter, or switch to a singular nonce

Thanks to Tom J Nowell, I found the solution. The problem was putting both buttons in the same . This fixed it:

echo '<form action="options-general.php?page=plugin-list" method="post">';
wp_nonce_field('thing_button_clicked');
echo '<input type="hidden" value="thing" name="plugin_button" />';
submit_button('Generate new thing');
echo '</form>';

echo '<form action="options-general.php?page=plugin-list" method="post">';
wp_nonce_field('thing2_button_clicked');
echo '<input type="hidden" value="thing2" name="plugin_button2" />';
submit_button('Generate new new thing');
echo '</form>';

(I hope this is the right way to go about this! And thank you again, Tom!)

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