As one of the most popular open source content management systems available today, WordPress boasts a framework that allows you to easily customize and extend it through plugins. This comprehensive book shows you how plugins work, reviews the tools and APIs available in WordPress, and demonstrates how to extend the functionality of WordPress with plugins. The trio of established authors provides a practical, solutions-based approach along with a collection of timely examples and plenty of code, all aimed at clearly explaining how to create a plugin file, work with users, integrate widgets, add menus and submenus, secure your plugins, and more. You will quickly come to understand how to develop custom plugins so that you can take WordPress to the next corporate and enterprise level. Professional WordPress Plugin Development: 
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<li>Details the range of complexity in plugins, from a very simple plugin to an extremely elaborate social network package</li>
<li>Addresses how to integrate into WordPress, save settings, create widgets and shortcodes, and implement uninstall</li>
<li>Learn the proper techniques for storing data, customizing user roles, and security best practices</li>
<li>Shares techniques for using custom post types and creating and using custom taxonomies</li>
<li>How to create plugins for WordPress Multisite networks</li>
<li>Integrate user and role management</li>
<li>Explores the HTTP API, JavaScript and AJAX, Cron, the Rewrite API, and more</li>
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Professional WordPress Plugin Development

Computers & Technology

Williams, Brad

Tadlock, Justin

Richard, Ozh

Web Development & Design

Wrox Pr Inc

Extend WordPress with plugins using this advanced WordPress development book, updated for the current version This significantly updated edition of Professional WordPress Plugin Development addresses modern plugin development for WordPress, the highly popular content management system (CMS). If you’re using WordPress to create and manage websites, WordPress plugins are the software that can extend or enhance CMS functionality. This book offers guidance on writing plugins for WordPress sites to share or sell to other users. The second edition of Professional WordPress Plugin Development covers the building of advanced plugin development scenarios. It discusses the plugin framework and coding standards as well as dashboards, settings, menus, and related application programming interfaces (APIs). Additional topics include security, performance, data validation, and SQL statements. • Learn about the power of hooks in WordPress • Discover how JavaScript and Ajax will work in your site • Understand key technologies: Block Editor/Gutenberg, JS/React, PHP, and the REST API • Create and use custom post types and taxonomies. • Creating custom dashboard menus and plugin settings • Work with users and user data • Schedule tasks and utilizing Cron • Performance and security considerations Written by experienced plugin developers, Professional WordPress Plugin Development also helps you internationalize and localize your WordPress website. Find out about debugging systems and optimizing your site for speed. As WordPress use continues to increase, you can elevate your professional knowledge of how to extend WordPress through plugins.

Professional WordPress Plugin Development, 2nd Edition

James Jacoby, John

Wrox

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