Creating Plugins to Extend WordPress

Creating Plugins to Extend WordPress, available at $49.99, has an average rating of 4.25, with 49 lectures, based on 77 reviews, and has 573 subscribers.

You will learn about Learn how to create your WordPress plugins and widgets Once you have completed this training course, you will have learned how to create and distribute your own plugins using PHP and the WordPress API This course is ideal for individuals who are This course is designed for users that already have a basic working knowledge of WordPress or This course is geared towards WordPress users learning how to create WordPress plugins and widgets It is particularly useful for This course is designed for users that already have a basic working knowledge of WordPress or This course is geared towards WordPress users learning how to create WordPress plugins and widgets.

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Summary

Title: Creating Plugins to Extend WordPress

Price: $49.99

Average Rating: 4.25

Number of Lectures: 49

Number of Published Lectures: 49

Number of Curriculum Items: 49

Number of Published Curriculum Objects: 49

Original Price: $39.99

Quality Status: approved

Status: Live

What You Will Learn

Learn how to create your WordPress plugins and widgets

Once you have completed this training course, you will have learned how to create and distribute your own plugins using PHP and the WordPress API

Who Should Attend

This course is designed for users that already have a basic working knowledge of WordPress

This course is geared towards WordPress users learning how to create WordPress plugins and widgets

Target Audiences

This course is designed for users that already have a basic working knowledge of WordPress

This course is geared towards WordPress users learning how to create WordPress plugins and widgets

In this Creating Plugins to Extend WordPress training course, expert author Joe Chellman will teach you how to create your own plugins using the WordPress API. This course is designed for users that already have a basic working knowledge of WordPress.?

You will start by learning about the highlights of the WordPress API, then jump into creating your first plugin: a dashboard banner. From there, Joe will teach you how to create your second plugin, as well as how to further enhance your plugin, including how to create a widget for custom posts, register settings and sections, and prepare your plugin for localization. This video tutorial also covers additional plugin possibilities, such as using transients to cache expensive operations, implementing the transients API, and reacting to deactivation and uninstallation of your plugin. Finally, you will learn how to distribute your plugin, including how to publish independently on GitHub and submit to the WordPress?plugin directory.?

Once you have completed this computer based training course, you will have learned?how to create and distribute your own plugins using PHP and the WordPress API. Working files are included, allowing you to follow along with the author throughout the lessons.

Course Curriculum

Chapter 1: Introduction

Lecture 1: Important – Download These First – Working Files

Lecture 2: Introduction And Course Overview

Lecture 3: About The Author

Lecture 4: Surveying The Existing Plugin Landscape

Lecture 5: Creating A Theme VS A Plugin

Chapter 2: Getting Ready

Lecture 1: Setting Up A Local Web Server With MAMP

Lecture 2: Setting Up WordPress On MAMP

Lecture 3: Setting Up A Local Web Server With DesktopServer

Lecture 4: Why And How To Use An IDE

Lecture 5: Setting Up The PhpStorm IDE For WordPress Development

Lecture 6: Optional: Configuring Xdebug And Connecting It To PhpStorm

Lecture 7: Finding And Using Online And Offline Documentation

Lecture 8: A Small Grab Bag Of Developer Tips

Chapter 3: Highlights Of The WordPress API

Lecture 1: Hooks, Actions, And Filters: A Developers Interface With WordPress

Lecture 2: Storing Data: Posts Or A Custom Database Table?

Lecture 3: Plugin Security: Authentication, Sanitizing, Escaping, And Nonces

Chapter 4: Our First Plugin: A Dashboard Banner

Lecture 1: Make A Plan And Mock It Up

Lecture 2: Create The Plugin Shell

Lecture 3: Find The Right Hooks

Lecture 4: Implementing The Hook We Found

Lecture 5: Refactoring The Plugin As A Class

Lecture 6: Adding CSS And/Or Javascript

Chapter 5: Our Second Plugin: Movie Reviews

Lecture 1: Make A Plan: The Data Model

Lecture 2: Register The Custom Post Type

Lecture 3: Set Configuration Options For The Custom Post Type

Lecture 4: Add Activation And Deactivation Hooks

Lecture 5: Create Custom Fields Using Core WordPress

Lecture 6: Interface With Another Plugin For Better Custom Fields

Lecture 7: Add A Taxonomy For Custom Categories

Lecture 8: Provide A Template For Themes

Chapter 6: Further Enhancements For Our Plugin

Lecture 1: Create A Widget For The Custom Posts

Lecture 2: Finish The Custom Widget

Lecture 3: Create An Options Page For Settings

Lecture 4: Register Settings And Sections

Lecture 5: Create The User Interface For The Custom Options

Lecture 6: Sanitize And Use The Options

Lecture 7: Add Your Own Hooks To Your Plugin

Lecture 8: Make Your Plugin Ready For Internationalization

Lecture 9: Prepare Your Plugin For Localization

Chapter 7: Additional Plugin Possibilities

Lecture 1: Expand The Possibilities Of WordPress With The REST API

Lecture 2: Use Transients To Cache Expensive Operations

Lecture 3: Implement The Transients API

Lecture 4: Create Custom Data Using The $wpdb Class

Lecture 5: React To Deactivation And Uninstallation Of Your Plugin

Chapter 8: Distributing Your Plugin

Lecture 1: Submitting To The WordPress.org Plugin Directory

Lecture 2: Publishing Independently On Github

Lecture 3: Ideas For Commercializing Your Plugin

Chapter 9: Conclusion

Lecture 1: Additional Resources And How To Contribute

Lecture 2: Wrap Up

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