{"product_id":"9781847193605","title":"WordPress Plugin Development: Beginner's Guide: Build powerful, interactive plug-ins for your blog and to share online","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eBuild powerful, interactive plug-ins for your blog and to share online\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eKey Features\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eEverything you need to create and distribute your own plug-ins following WordPress coding standards\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWalk through the development of six complete, feature-rich, real-world plug-ins that are being used by thousands of WP users\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWritten by Vladimir Prelovac, WordPress expert and developer of WordPress plug-ins such as Smart YouTube and Plugin Central\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePart of Packt's Beginners Guide series: expect step-by-step instructions with an emphasis on experimentation and tweaking code\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBook Description\u003c\/strong\u003eIf you can write WordPress plug-ins, you can make WordPress do just about anything. From making the site easier to administer, to adding the odd tweak or new feature, to completely changing the way your blog works, plug-ins are the method WordPress offers to customize and extend its functionality. This book will show you how to build all sorts of WordPress plug-ins: admin plug-ins, Widgets, plug-ins that alter your post output, present custom \"views\" of your blog, and more.\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWordPress Plug-in Development (Beginner's Guide) focuses on teaching you all aspects of modern WordPress development. The book uses real and published WordPress plug-ins and follows their creation from the idea to the finishing touches, in a series of carefully picked, easy-to-follow tutorials. You will discover how to use the WordPress API in all typical situations, from displaying output on the site in the beginning to turning WordPress into a CMS in the last chapter. In Chapters 2 to 7 you will develop six concrete plug-ins and conquer all aspects of WordPress development.\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eEach new chapter and each new plug-in introduces different features of WordPress and how to put them to good use, allowing you to gradually advance your knowledge. This book is written as a guide to take your WordPress skills from the very beginning to the level where you are able to completely understand how WordPress works and how you can use it to your advantage.\u003cstrong\u003eWhat you will learn\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eGet to know the WordPress code base, WordPress s plug-in architecture, and the plug-in application programming interface (API) and learn how to hack it\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMaster the WordPress database and the API ñ access and manipulate data, handle user roles and permissions, posts, and so on\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHook into the rest of WordPress using actions and filters\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChange the way your WordPress backend looks by customizing menus, submenus, and the plug-in admin panel\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIntegrate AJAX and jQuery into your plug-ins to dynamically generate content\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHook directly to WordPress edit pages and use AJAX to generate fast searches\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIntegrate your plug-in with WordPress panels and the tinyMCE editor\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAccess and work with third-party APIs like Flickr\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eImplement localization support for users of other languages\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMaintain and manage your plug-in using SVN and publish it to the WordPress Plugin Repository\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHandle security issues and make your plug-ins safer to use\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWho this book is for\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis book is for programmers working with WordPress, who want to develop custom plug-ins and to hack the code base. You need to be familiar with the basics of WordPress and PHP programming and believe that code is poetry; this book will handle the rest.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Packt Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46466445213937,"sku":"9781847193605","price":26.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0674\/5433\/7265\/files\/9781847193605_p0.jpg?v=1765608354","url":"https:\/\/shop.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781847193605","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble","version":"1.0","type":"link"}