Course Overview

Learn how to build, extend, and distribute your own WordPress plugins with the WordPress API and PHP.

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Introduction

Welcome
How to use the exercise files

1. First Steps

Course overview
Prepare for development
Explore WordPress plugins

2. Plugin Basics

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

3. Building a WordPress Plugin

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

4. Essential Plugin Techniques

Customize the WordPress loop
Create widgets
Manage users and roles
Work with JavaScript and CSS
Use the Options API

5. Extending Plugin Functionality

Add custom post types and taxonomies
Work with custom fields
Add meta boxes
Work with custom database queries
Integrate admin notices

6. Advanced Plugin Techniques

Use the Transients API
Use the HTTP API
Use WP-Cron
Implement Ajax
Use the REST API
Develop with Gutenberg

Conclusion

Next steps

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