Getting Started with WordPress Plugin Development
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These are the 際際滷s from WordCamp Ahmedabad 2017, In this talk, I covered about the basics of the plugin. How plugins are the key component of WordPress Ecosystem. How Plugins works, Things you should know before writing your first plugin.WordPress way of writing PHP code and all about Plugin Development. Demo Site used: http://jcijamnagar.com/launch/?curtain_ceremony=true WP Curtain Raiser Plugin: https://wordpress.org/plugins/wp-curtain-raiser/
Getting Started with WordPress Plugin Development
- 1. Abhishek Deshpande Getting Started with Plugin Development
- 2. About Me
- 3. Why Plugins?
- 4. What is a Plugin? Plugin is package of code that extend the core functionality of WordPress.
- 5. How Plugin Works? Hooks are a way for one piece of code to interact/modify another piece of code. Two Types of Hooks : Actions, Filters
- 6. How Plugin Works? Actions allow you to add data or change how WordPress operates Actions = Do Something Details: https://codex.wordpress.org/Plugin_API/Action_Reference
- 7. How Plugin Works? Filters give you the ability to change data during the execution of WordPress. Filters = Transform Details: https://codex.wordpress.org/Plugin_API/Filter_Reference
- 8. How to create a Plugin What will plugin do? Make a Plan Follow Plugin Development recommendation
- 9. Plugin Directory Structure Your Plugin /wp-content/plugins/my-plugin Inside my-plugin Folder readme.txt my-plugin.php
- 10. Inside my-plugin.php Plugin Header Hooks PHP Code
- 11. Inside my-plugin.php Plugin Header PHP Code Hooks
- 12. Inside my-plugin.php Plugin Header PHP Code Hooks
- 13. Inside my-plugin.php Plugin Header PHP Code Hooks
- 15. Website Inauguration Ceremony : HTML & CSS
- 16. Website Inauguration Ceremony : JavaScript
- 19. Best Practices Find Unique Name for your Plugin Setup a Plugin Prefix (can be your brand name) Use Proper constants and functions to detect paths to Plugin files. Keep your code readable & well documented.
- 20. Various API and Components Shortcodes, Widgets, Menus HTTP API, Options API, Settings API, Transient API, Rewrite API Custom Post Types, Taxonomies, meta boxes, page templates
- 21. Some Plugins by People in this Camp Awesome Studio WordCamp Dashboard Widget Custom CSS For WordPress Page Visit Counter Advanced WP Testimonials Blogger to WordPress Give Donation Plugin Documentor WP Curtain Raiser Pirate Forms
Editor's Notes
- #4: Why We need Plugins Why We create Plugins
- #10: Prefer Directory Always use dash not Underscore
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