Professional WordPress Plugin Development

by Brad Williams, Ozh Richard, Justin Tadlock, and John James Jacoby

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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.

  • ISBN10 1119666945
  • ISBN13 9781119666943
  • Publish Date 14 June 2020 (first published 1 January 2011)
  • Publish Status Active
  • Publish Country US
  • Publisher John Wiley & Sons Inc
  • Imprint Wrox Press
  • Edition 2nd Edition
  • Format Paperback
  • Pages 480
  • Language English