WordPress: Creating Custom Widgets and Plugins

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Genre: Video Training

In WordPress: Creating Custom Widgets and Plugins, Drew Falkman teaches PHP developers how to create custom functionality for WordPress 2.0 through 3.0 using widgets and plugins. This course starts by installing and setting up WordPress 3.0 on both Mac and Windows, then provides an in-depth look at tasks related to these WordPress add-ons: installing and administering, building and customizing, creating editable options and database tables, working with posts and pages, and utilizing jQuery and AJAX. There are also tutorials dedicated to promoting a widget or plugin, adding security, and localizing the interface. Exercise files are included with the course.

Topics include:

Installing WPI and MAMP server solutions

Administering WordPress plugins

Introducing hooks

Writing the PHP for a plugin

Using template tags and shortcode

Building a new widget

Creating an admin interface

Accessing the WordPress database

Using jQuery and AJAX for posts and pages

Registering and promoting plugins