Building Custom Views Argument Plugins in Drupal: A Step-by-Step Guide

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Dharmendra Singh's blog post "How to Build Custom Views Argument Plugins in Drupal," published on To The New website, details the creation of custom views argument plugins for Drupal. It highlights the necessity of custom plugins when default filters are insufficient, such as converting URL aliases to node IDs for a headless CMS.

Singh explains the steps to create a new module, implement the @ViewsArgumentDefault plugin type, and integrate it into a view, enabling clean URL retrieval of node details.

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Title

How to Build Custom Views Argument Plugins in Drupal

Byline

Dharmendra Singh

Date of Publication

30 May 2024

Organization

TO THE NEW

URL

https://www.tothenew.com/blog/how-build-custom-views-argument-plugins-drupal/

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