Overview
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Learn how to build, extend, and distribute your own WordPress plugins with the WordPress API and PHP.
Syllabus
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Introduction
- Welcome
- How to use the exercise files
- Course overview
- Prepare for development
- Explore WordPress plugins
- Get started
- Explore WordPress APIs
- Action and filter hooks
- Plugin activation and deactivation
- Pluggable WordPress functions
- Develop secure WordPress plugins
- Best practices for plugin development
- Create the plugin directory and files
- Add administration menus
- Add the plugin settings page
- Add settings callback functions
- Validate plugin settings
- Add custom functionality
- Include JavaScript and CSS
- Plugin internationalization
- Add an uninstall feature
- Test and debug
- Customize the WordPress loop
- Create widgets
- Manage users and roles
- Work with JavaScript and CSS
- Use the Options API
- Add custom post types and taxonomies
- Work with custom fields
- Add meta boxes
- Work with custom database queries
- Integrate admin notices
- Use the Transients API
- Use the HTTP API
- Use WP-Cron
- Implement Ajax
- Use the REST API
- Develop with Gutenberg
- Next steps
