LRob - La Carte

A professional menu management plugin for bars and restaurants on WordPress.

Features

• Product Management: Organize your menu items by categories
• Hierarchical Categories: Support for nested categories
• Multiple Prices: Set different prices per product (size, format, etc.)
• Happy Hour: Mark special pricing with visual indicators
• Allergen Information: Display allergen warnings
• Badges: Highlight special items (new, recommended, spicy, etc.)
• Availability Status: Mark items as available, out of stock, or on request
• Gutenberg Block: Display your menu with customizable styling
• Multilingual Ready: Full i18n support (English + French included)
• Import/Export: Backup and restore your menu data

Prerequisite

• Gutenberg Page: We only provide a Gutenberg block. No shortcode.

Installation

1. Download the latest release ZIP from git.lrob.net/WP/la-carte/releases
2. Upload to WordPress via Plugins → Add New → Upload Plugin
3. Activate the plugin
4. Go to Menu → Categories to create your first categories

From 1.3.5 on, the plugin updates itself: new versions show up under Plugins and Dashboard → Updates like any other plugin, straight from this repository.

Usage

Creating Categories

1. Navigate to Menu → Categories
2. Click "Create Default Categories" for a quick start, or
3. Click "Add Category" to create custom categories
4. Organize with drag & drop, add icons (emoji or image)

Adding Products

1. Go to Menu → Products
2. Click "Add Product"
3. Fill in product details:
   • Name and description
   • Category
   • Image (optional)
   • Prices (add multiple if needed)
   • Allergens and badges
   • Availability status

Display Your Menu

1. Edit any page or post
2. Add the "Menu Display" block
3. Configure display options:
   • Show full menu or single category
   • Layout style (compact or classic)
   • Colors and typography
   • Show/hide images, descriptions, allergens

Development

Building a Release

Requirements:

• PHP CLI
• WP-CLI
• gettext (msgfmt)
• zip

# Install dependencies (Fedora/RHEL)
sudo dnf install php-cli php-mbstring wp-cli gettext zip

# Build release
cd lrob-la-carte/
./release.sh

The script will:

1. Generate translation template (.pot)
2. Compile translations (.po → .mo)
3. Create a clean ZIP in ../releases/

Translation

The plugin is translation-ready with English as the default language.

Included translations:

• French (fr_FR)

Adding a new language:

# Create translation file
cp languages/lrob-la-carte-fr_FR.po languages/lrob-la-carte-es_ES.po

# Edit the file and translate msgstr values
nano languages/lrob-la-carte-es_ES.po

# Build release (automatically compiles all .po files)
./release.sh

Technical Details

• WordPress Version: 6.8+
• PHP Version: 8.4+
• Text Domain: lrob-la-carte
• Database Tables:
  • wp_lrob_categories
  • wp_lrob_products
  • wp_lrob_product_prices

Support

For support, please open an issue or contact LRob directly

Credits

Developed by LRob, Hébergeur web spécialiste WordPress

License

LRob - La Carte Copyright (c) 2025 LRob

This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or any later version.

This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License for more details.

You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along with this program; if not, see https://www.gnu.org/licenses/.

For more details, see https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-2.0.html.

Changelog

1.0.0

• Initial release
• Complete English translation with i18n support
• Fixed front sorting, products hirerarchy and rendering
• French translation included
• Smart category creation (user-controlled, language-aware)
• Professional release build system

1.1.0

• Clean unused FontAwesome code
• Fixed product image management (overhaul)
• Removed not working product search in product management panel
• Made product management panel navigation similar to frontend
• Adapted product image to be a miniature image
• Improve product cards display by avoiding blank spaces

1.1.1

• Fixed property is_happy_hour
• Fixed JSON Export/import

1.2.0

• Security overhaul

  • Hardened all PHP functions: added nonce validation, strict input sanitization & output escaping.
  • Restricted SQL operations with $wpdb->prepare() and whitelisted table names.
  • Improved AJAX handlers security and error handling.
  • Prevented XSS, CSRF, and injection vectors across admin and frontend.

• JavaScript & admin improvements

  • Rewritten JS logic for better validation and reliability.
  • Removed unsafe inline operations and improved modal handling.
  • Cleaned redundant event bindings and optimized AJAX calls.

• CSS and UI cleanup

  • Complete cleanup of style.css and admin.css — unified structure and simplified code.
  • Removed redundant styles, excessive opacity, and hardcoded colors.
  • All layout variables are now defined with --lrob-* CSS variables for Gutenberg integration.
  • Improved responsive behavior and consistency between admin and frontend.

• Performance and maintainability

  • Reduced CSS and JS payloads.
  • Improved layout rendering logic and block editor previews.
  • Prepared structure for future Gutenberg variable bindings.

1.2.1

• Performance Optimizations

  • Admin class now loads only in admin context (not on frontend)
  • Settings class no longer loaded on frontend
  • Import/Export class lazy-loads only during actual import/export operations
  • Frontend assets (JS/CSS) load only when block is present on page
  • Admin assets load only on plugin admin pages
  • Reduced memory footprint for non-admin requests

• Code Quality Improvements

  • Refactored AJAX handler registration (11 calls → 1 loop)
  • Streamlined submenu registration (4 calls → 1 loop)
  • Added verify_ajax() helper for centralized AJAX security checks
  • Added sanitize_object() helper to eliminate duplicate sanitization code
  • Removed redundant class requires from admin methods
  • Nullsafe coalescing operator (??=) for singleton pattern
  • Total: ~70+ lines reduced through DRY principles

• Technical Changes

  • Split admin vs frontend initialization hooks
  • Database class always loads (required for activation hook + blocks)
  • No breaking changes, full backward compatibility

1.3.5

• Automatic updates: the plugin now updates itself from the WordPress dashboard. New versions appear under Plugins and Dashboard → Updates, like any other plugin.
• Development moved to git.lrob.net/WP/la-carte — issues and releases live there from now on.

Todo List

• Make caracteristics such as allergen or badges fully customizable
• Fix the "Unavailable" product's logic (currently doesn't make sense)
• Add other modes for general services with presets (my be used for any kind of service)
• Provide more customization options in Gutenberg editor