This is the code repository for WordPress Development Quick Start Guide, published by Packt.
Build beautiful and dynamic websites for your domain from scratch
WordPress is the most used CMS in the world and is the ideal way to share your knowledge with a large audience or build a profitable business. Getting started with WordPress development has often been a challenge for novice developers, and this book will help you find your way.
This book covers the following exciting features:
- Explore the role of themes, plugins, and built-in features in development
- Adapt to built-in modules and built-in database structures
- Write code for WordPress's hook-based architecture
- Build, customize, and integrate WordPress plugins
- Extend themes with custom design templates
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All of the code is organized into folders. For example, Chapter02.
The code will look like the following:
add_action( 'plugins_loaded', 'wqcpt_plugin_init' );
function wqcpt_plugin_init(){
global $wqcpt;
$wqcpt = WPQuick_CPT::instance();
}
Following is what you need for this book: This book is for web developers and site owners who want to build custom websites with WordPress. Basic knowledge of PHP, JavaScript, HTML and CSS is required to get most out of this book.
With the following software and hardware list you can run all code files present in the book (Chapter 1-9).
| Chapter | Software required | OS required |
|---|---|---|
| 3-8 | WordPress 4.9.8 | Windows, Mac OS X, and Linux (Any) |
| 3-8 | MySQL 5.6 or greater OR MariaDB 10.0 or greater | Windows, Mac OS X, and Linux (Any) |
| 3-8 | Nginx or Apache | Windows, Mac OS X, and Linux (Any) |
| 3-8 | PHP 5.4+ (7.2+is recommended) | Windows, Mac OS X, and Linux (Any) |
We also provide a PDF file that has color images of the screenshots/diagrams used in this book. Click here to download it.
Rakhitha Nimesh Ratnayake is a freelance web developer, writer, and open source enthusiast. He has over 9 years of experience in developing WordPress applications and plugins. He develops premium WordPress plugins for individual clients and the CodeCanyon marketplace. User Profiles Made Easy and WP Private Content Pro are the most popular plugins developed by him. Rakhitha is the creator of WPExpertDeveloper, where he shares his latest WordPress plugins. Building Impressive Presentations with impress.js was his first book, which was published by Packt Publishing. He is also the author of the first three editions of WordPress Web Application Development. In his spare time, he likes to read books and spend time with his family.
- Wordpress Web Application Development - Third Edition
- WordPress Web Application Development - Second Edition
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