I want to use a javascript plugin on my website that should be initialized with values set in the wordpress customizer.

Kirki::add_field( 'artist_theme_config', array(
  'type'        => 'select',
  'settings'    => 'gallery_lightgallery_transition',
  'label'       => __( 'Select the transition type of your lightgalleries', 'site-name' ),
  'section'     => 'artist_theme_gallery_style',
  'default'     => 'lg-slide',
  'priority'    => 10,
  'choices'     => array(
    'lg-slide' => esc_attr__( 'Slide', 'site-name' ),
    'lg-fade' => esc_attr__( 'Fade', 'site-name' ),
    'lg-zoom-in' => esc_attr__( 'Zoom In', 'site-name' ),
  ),
) );

My goal is to run the initialization logic with the options set in the customizer. Therfore I need to get the value of the setting in a custom javascript. I found that one way (is it correct?) to get the value is:

wp.customize.instance( 'gallery_lightgallery_transition' ).get();

However that just works if the customizer is open. What is the correct way to get the value of a customizer field in javascript? Do I need to enqueue the script with the correct dependency, like in

wp_enqueue_script('sage/customizer_controls.js', asset_path('scripts/customizer_controls.js'), [ 'customize-controls' ], null, true);

? I do not want to put the logic in the customizer_controls.js however, but in a file called plugins.js. There is a long discussion on how to pass variables from php to javascript in wordpress, however there should be a way with the new customizer api I guess, just can't find any examples or documentation.

I want to use a javascript plugin on my website that should be initialized with values set in the wordpress customizer.

Kirki::add_field( 'artist_theme_config', array(
  'type'        => 'select',
  'settings'    => 'gallery_lightgallery_transition',
  'label'       => __( 'Select the transition type of your lightgalleries', 'site-name' ),
  'section'     => 'artist_theme_gallery_style',
  'default'     => 'lg-slide',
  'priority'    => 10,
  'choices'     => array(
    'lg-slide' => esc_attr__( 'Slide', 'site-name' ),
    'lg-fade' => esc_attr__( 'Fade', 'site-name' ),
    'lg-zoom-in' => esc_attr__( 'Zoom In', 'site-name' ),
  ),
) );

My goal is to run the initialization logic with the options set in the customizer. Therfore I need to get the value of the setting in a custom javascript. I found that one way (is it correct?) to get the value is:

wp.customize.instance( 'gallery_lightgallery_transition' ).get();

However that just works if the customizer is open. What is the correct way to get the value of a customizer field in javascript? Do I need to enqueue the script with the correct dependency, like in

wp_enqueue_script('sage/customizer_controls.js', asset_path('scripts/customizer_controls.js'), [ 'customize-controls' ], null, true);

? I do not want to put the logic in the customizer_controls.js however, but in a file called plugins.js. There is a long discussion on how to pass variables from php to javascript in wordpress, however there should be a way with the new customizer api I guess, just can't find any examples or documentation.

• customization
• api

1 Answer 1

You need to do it the same way you'd get options, shortcodes, or any other WordPress value into JavaScript: You need to get them with PHP and pass them to the script with wp_localize_script():

wp_enqueue_script( 'my-script', asset_path( 'scripts/plugins.js' ), [], null, true );
wp_localize_script(
    'my-script',
    'myScript',
    [
        'galleryTransition' => get_theme_option( 'gallery_lightgallery_transition' ),
    ]
);

Just change my-script and myScript to something specific to your project.

Now you can access the value in your script via myScript.galleryTransition.