WordPress: Plugin Development

MP4 | Video: 720p | Duration: 4:48:49 | English | Subtitles: VTT | 794.8 MB

Is your WordPress website missing something special? Almost any feature you can imagine can be built with WordPress plugins. Learn how to build, extend, and distribute your own plugins with these development techniques, featuring the WordPress API and PHP. Learn how to create menus and a settings page, add custom functionality with JavaScript, and style your plugin with CSS. Discover how to customize the WordPress loop, add custom fields and metaboxes, and work with transients, HTTP, WP Cron, AJAX, and the REST API. Plus, learn how to adjust roles and permissions to keep your plugins secure.

Topics include:

WordPress APIs

Action and filter hooks

Activating and deactivating plugins

Plugin security

Creating the directory and files

Adding menus and the settings page

Inserting custom functionality

Including JavaScript and CSS

Testing and debugging WordPress plugins

Creating widgets

Managing users and roles

Adding custom post types and taxonomies

Working with custom fields and database queries

Using APIs: Transients, HTTP, and REST