March 2011
Beginner to intermediate
300 pages
7h 23m
English
Overview
This comprehensive guide takes you on a journey to mastering WordPress plugin development. By developing real plugins step-by-step, you will become proficient in creating versatile, custom additions to WordPress that cater to your needs. With practical examples, you will learn modern development practices to extend and enhance WordPress discovery.
What this Book will help me do
- Gain an in-depth understanding of WordPress plugin architecture and usage of its API to create robust plugins.
- Learn to interact with WordPress' internals and frontend using hooks, actions, and filters effectively.
- Develop skills to integrate third-party APIs and improve interactivity with AJAX using jQuery.
- Understand how to properly test, version, and publish WordPress plugins using best practices.
- Expand WordPress capabilities by creating multilingual support and providing a seamless admin experience.
Author(s)
The author is a seasoned software developer and an expert in WordPress, who has years of practical experience in developing WordPress plugins and extending its functionality. With a passion for sharing knowledge, the book is written in a practical and approachable manner, helping readers at various skill levels enhance their WordPress development capabilities.
Who is it for?
This book is ideal for web developers and WordPress users who are looking to dive into WordPress plugin development or enhance their current skills. Readers should have a basic understanding of PHP and HTML, along with familiarity with using WordPress. If your aim is to create custom plugins, improve your site's functionality, or contribute plugins to the WordPress community, this book is for you.
Become an O’Reilly member and get unlimited access to this title plus top books and audiobooks from O’Reilly and nearly 200 top publishers, thousands of courses curated by job role, 150+ live events each month,
and much more.
Read now
Unlock full access
More than 5,000 organizations count on O’Reilly
O’Reilly covers everything we've got, with content to help us build a world-class technology community, upgrade the capabilities and competencies of our teams, and improve overall team performance as well as their engagement.Julian F.
I wanted to learn C and C++, but it didn't click for me until I picked up an O'Reilly book. When I went on the O’Reilly platform, I was astonished to find all the books there, plus live events and sandboxes so you could play around with the technology.Addison B.
I’ve been on the O’Reilly platform for more than eight years. I use a couple of learning platforms, but I'm on O'Reilly more than anybody else. When you're there, you start learning. I'm never disappointed.Amir M.
I'm always learning. So when I got on to O'Reilly, I was like a kid in a candy store. There are playlists. There are answers. There's on-demand training. It's worth its weight in gold, in terms of what it allows me to do.