{"product_id":"9781849513531","title":"WordPress 3 Plugin Development Essentials: Create your own powerful, interactive plugins to extend and add features to your WordPress site","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eCreate your own powerful, interactive plugins to extend and add features to your WordPress site\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eKey Features\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eEverything you need to know to develop your own plugins for WordPress\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWalk through the development of five plugins from ground up\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePrepare and release your plugins to the WordPress community\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAvoid common mistakes made by most plugin developers by learning more advanced development patterns\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBook Description\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cp\u003eWordPress is one of the most popular platforms for building blogs and general websites. By learning how to develop and integrate your own plugins, you can add functionality and extend WordPress in any way imaginable. By tapping into the additional power and functionality that plugins provide, you can make your site easier to administer, add new features, or even alter the very nature of how WordPress works. Covering WordPress version 3, this book makes it super easy for you to build a variety of plugins.WordPress 3 Plugin Development Essentials is a practical hands-on tutorial for learning how to create your own plugins for WordPress. Using best coding practices, this book will walk you through the design and creation of a variety of original plugins.WordPress 3 Plugin Development Essentials focuses on teaching you all aspects of modern WordPress development. The book uses real and published WordPress plugins and follows their creation from the idea to the finishing touches in a series of easy-to-follow and informative steps. You will discover how to deconstruct an existing plugin, use the WordPress API in typical scenarios, hook into the database, version your code with SVN, and deploy your new plugin to the world.Each new chapter introduces different features of WordPress and how to put them to good use, allowing you to gradually advance your knowledge. WordPress 3 Plugin Development Essentials is packed with information, tips, and examples that will help you gain comfort and confidence in your ability to harness and extend the power of WordPress via plugins.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWhat you will learn\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eGet to know the WordPress code base, WordPress  plugin architecture, and the application programming interface (API)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIntegrate with third-party APIs and web services\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHook into the WordPress internals using actions and filters\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCustomize your WordPress Dashboard with menus and administration panels for your plugin\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eStreamline user interactions by using jQuery to make AJAX requests\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eExpand your understanding of WordPress as a CMS\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eImplement localization support for users of other languages\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMaintain and manage your plugin using SVN and publish it to the WordPress Plugin Repository\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWrite tests into your code to ensure that it is always deployed properly\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWho this book is for\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis book is for WordPress users who want to learn how to create their own plugins and for developers who are new to the WordPress platform. Basic knowledge of PHP and HTML is expected, as well as a functional knowledge of how WordPress works from a user standpoint.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Packt Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46622046454001,"sku":"9781849513531","price":26.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0674\/5433\/7265\/files\/9781849513531_p0.jpg?v=1765611442","url":"https:\/\/shop.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781849513531","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble","version":"1.0","type":"link"}