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Professional WordPress Plugin Development 1st Edition, Kindle Edition

by Brad Williams (Author), Ozh Richard (Author), Justin Tadlock (Author), Format: Kindle Edition
4.1 out of 5 stars 90 ratings
As one of the most popular open source content management systems available today, WordPress boasts a framework that allows you to easily customize and extend it through plugins. This comprehensive book shows you how plugins work, reviews the tools and APIs available in WordPress, and demonstrates how to extend the functionality of WordPress with plugins.

The trio of established authors provides a practical, solutions-based approach along with a collection of timely examples and plenty of code, all aimed at clearly explaining how to create a plugin file, work with users, integrate widgets, add menus and submenus, secure your plugins, and more. You will quickly come to understand how to develop custom plugins so that you can take WordPress to the next corporate and enterprise level.

Professional WordPress Plugin Development:
  • Details the range of complexity in plugins, from a very simple plugin to an extremely elaborate social network package
  • Addresses how to integrate into WordPress, save settings, create widgets and shortcodes, and implement uninstall
  • Learn the proper techniques for storing data, customizing user roles, and security best practices
  • Shares techniques for using custom post types and creating and using custom taxonomies
  • How to create plugins for WordPress Multisite networks
  • Integrate user and role management
  • Explores the HTTP API, JavaScript and AJAX, Cron, the Rewrite API, and more
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    978-1118075319
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    1st
  3. Publisher
    Wrox
  4. Accessibility
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  5. Publication date
    February 17, 2011
  6. Language
    English
  7. File size
    9.8 MB
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WHO THIS BOOK IS FOR

This book is for professional Web developers who want to make WordPress work exactly how they and their clients want. WordPress has already proven an exceptional platform for building any type of site from simple static pages to networks of full - featured communities. Learning how to code plugins will help you get the most out of WordPress and have a cost - effective approach to developing per - client features.

This book is also for the code freelancers who want to broaden their skill portfolio, understand the inner - workings of WordPress functionality, and take on WordPress gigs. Since WordPress is the most popular software to code and power websites, it is crucial that you understand how things run under the hood and how you can make the engine work your way. Learning how to code plugins will be a priceless asset to add to your resume and business card.

Finally, this book is for hobbyist PHP programmers who want to tinker with how their WordPress blog works, discover the infi nite potential of lean and fl exible source code, and how they can interact with the fl ow of events. The beauty of open source is that it ' s easy to learn from and easy to give back in turn. This book will help you take your fi rst step into a community that will welcome your creativity and contribution.

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  • Chapter 1 An Introduction to Plugins
  • Chapter 2 Plugin Foundation
  • Chapter 3 Hooks
  • Chapter 4 Integrating in WordPress
  • Chapter 5 Internationalization
  • Chapter 6 Plugin Security
  • Chapter 7 Plugin Settings
  • Chapter 8 Users
  • Chapter 9 HTTP API
  • Chapter 10 The Shortcode API
  • Chapter 11 Extending Posts: Metadata, Custom Post Types, and Taxonomies
  • Chapter 12 JavaScript and Ajax in WordPress
  • Chapter 13 Cron
  • Chapter 14 The Rewrite API
  • Chapter 15 Multisite
  • Chapter 16 Debugging and Optimizing
  • Chapter 17 Marketing Your Plugin
  • Chapter 18 The Developer Toolbox

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  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B004PGMI2I
  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Wrox
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  • Publication date ‏ : ‎ February 17, 2011
  • Edition ‏ : ‎ 1st
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • File size ‏ : ‎ 9.8 MB
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  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1118075319
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  1. Brad Williams

    Brad Williams

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    Brad Williams is the Chief Executive Officer and Co-Founder of WebDevStudios (WDS). Brad has helped grow WDS from a coffee table startup to one of the oldest and most respected WordPress Agencies working with clients like Microsoft, Viacom, Campbell Soup Company, Starbucks, and the NBA.

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    https://twitter.com/williamsba

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    https://webdevstudios.com

    Brad is a co-author of the Professional WordPress Book Series, which are some of the highest rated advanced WordPress Development books on the market. He is the co-organizer of WordCamp Philly 2010 – 2015 and the Philadelphia WordPress Meetup. Brad was also a co-organizer for the Inaugural WordCamp US in 2015 and again in 2016. He has been developing websites for over 20 years. In the last 10, Brad has specifically focused on open-source technologies like WordPress.

    Brad lives in Philadelphia with his wife and son. He’s obsessed with cheesesteaks, Raider’s football (it’s complicated), podcasting, Halloween, LED lights, and all things technology.

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  2. Ozh Richard

    Ozh Richard

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    Ozh started using WordPress in 2004, at version 1.0.1, published his first WordPress powered website in May 2004 and his first plugin in August 2004. Since, he has never stopped to watch WordPress grow and evolve till the most used CMS it is today.

    He has developed several popular WordPress plugins, won an Annual WordPress Plugin Competition and he's now an official judge. He is known to share high quality WordPress tutorials and to maintain WordPress related tools that make the WordPress developer life easier.

    Ozh' areas of expertise are WordPress, PHP in general, and jQuery. When not coding WordPress plugins or playing Quake, Ozh develops YOURLS, a popular self hosted URL shortener that is, of course, free and open source.

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  3. Justin Tadlock

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    Justin Tadlock is the founder of ThemeHybrid.com, which is a popular site that focuses on WordPress themes and plugins for beginner- to advanced-level users. He often writes about WordPress on his personal blog, JustinTadlock.com, which has a large following.

    He has a degree in English with a concentration in creative writing and journalism from Auburn University. He also studied software engineering for two years. He has been developing Web sites for over seven years and has focused mainly on WordPress for the majority of that time, releasing many popular plugins and themes along the way.

    Most important, Justin's passion is teaching, which carries over into his love of writing and development. He spent 14 months teaching English in South Korea but now spends his days teaching people how to use WordPress and build successful Web sites.

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Customers find the book thoroughly technical and useful for plugin development, providing valuable information about working with WordPress. Moreover, the pacing receives positive feedback, with one customer noting it goes straight to the point. However, the content quality receives negative feedback, with several customers describing it as unsuitable for novices.

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Customers find the book thoroughly technical and useful for plugin development, serving as an overall reference guide with valuable information on working with WordPress.

"This book is exactly what I was looking for. A completely technical book that explains what to do, how to do it, and most importantly what each..." Read more

"...It's well written, honest, and comes from a collective background of collaboration and been-there-done-that experience...." Read more

"...It gives some great insights into how some of the great developers do their code and has made a great reference even for someone who knows the APIs...." Read more

"...It delves into WordPress actions and hooks, security, best practices, Ajax, the HTTP API, regionalization and how to test for performance...." Read more

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Customers appreciate the book's pacing, finding it detailed and clear, with one customer noting it goes straight to the point.

"...A completely technical book that explains what to do, how to do it, and most importantly what each command and function does - and with code examples..." Read more

"...Apart from the basics of plug-in development - which it explains very effectively - there are many advanced subjects that any plug-in developer..." Read more

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Customers find the content quality of the book to be poor, particularly for novices.

"...once you know how to construct WordPress plugins --- but worthless for starting out." Read more

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  • Glenn Graham
    5.0 out of 5 stars Very detailed and thorough technical book
    Reviewed in the United States on March 3, 2021
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    This book is exactly what I was looking for. A completely technical book that explains what to do, how to do it, and most importantly what each command and function does - and with code examples! Excellently written, and shows the refinement that the author intended. Once a person absorbs this complete book, it's pretty much only your imagination and desired functionality that's missing to create a complete solution. Yes, a lot of programming work now lies ahead for you, but the important thing is that you'll know what you're doing and can accomplish it.

    While over 90% of my programming references these days are online, I wanted a complete reference that I knew would be correct. Too often the various question and answer sites make you sift through a bunch of incorrect answers, typos, people saying "I don't know the answer, but what about doing...". All that is not helpful, and a time waster. This book takes you back to the programming references of the 80's and 90's when most everything was still in print. But, the content is contemporary.
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  • Eric A. Mann
    5.0 out of 5 stars It takes true experience to create a book this useful
    Reviewed in the United States on March 8, 2011
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    The first time I went to a WordCamp presentation, the speaker said off-hand, "before I do anything, I check Justin Tadlock's site to see if he's written a tutorial." Before that day, I had never depended on anything but the Codex for support when I wrote plug-ins ... and you could tell by looking at my code.

    Since then, I've become a frequent reader of Justin's blog, I've subscribed to several mailing lists for code, and I've started following quality developers - namely the authors of this book - on Twitter. It's been a slow start, but it's changed the way I look at open source and development in general.

    And now comes a book written by three of the most respected developers in the WordPress community. It's well written, honest, and comes from a collective background of collaboration and been-there-done-that experience. I've been working with WordPress for more than 4 years now, and this is by far the best reference I've seen to date ... both for developers just starting with the project and for seasoned professionals who build their business on WordPress.

    I've seen code written by all three of these developers, built my own systems on the shoulders of their outstanding work, and watched several others grow as developers following after their example. I can't think of any team more qualified to write about WordPress plug-in development, and I can't think of anyone else who'd do a better job.

    This is an outstanding book and was definitely worth the 2-month pre-order wait to have a physical copy on my desk to mark up and turn back to. Though I'm confident that the eBook version will be just as useful for those who can't wait for overnight shipping to deliver! :-)
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  • Chris Wiegman
    4.0 out of 5 stars Excellent Reference for WP Developers
    Reviewed in the United States on February 11, 2012
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    I've been developing WordPress plugins for over 2 years and I'm still impressed with this book. It gives some great insights into how some of the great developers do their code and has made a great reference even for someone who knows the APIs. Definitely recommended.
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  • James
    5.0 out of 5 stars A must-read for WordPress developers
    Reviewed in the United States on May 8, 2013
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    There aren't many great WordPress books on the market and the topics covered here are not explained in any comprehensive way in the existing online resources. The authors have managed to distill everything you could possibly need to know about plugin development into a well-organized, well-written reference book that I've been calling on a couple of times a week.

    Apart from the basics of plug-in development - which it explains very effectively - there are many advanced subjects that any plug-in developer needs to understand. It delves into WordPress actions and hooks, security, best practices, Ajax, the HTTP API, regionalization and how to test for performance.

    The book doesn't pretend to teach you PHP and WordPress - you need to be well versed in both to get the most from the material. But if you want to develop plug-ins for either the community or commercial audience, everything you need to know is in here. As an aside, the authors are very well respected WordPress coders so you really couldn't hope to learn from better teachers.
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  • RSG
    1.0 out of 5 stars A very poor book for a novice
    Reviewed in the United States on December 3, 2018
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    This is the ultimate "beat around the bush" book. It goes into excruciating detail on everything there is to know about writing plugins... except actually showing you how to do a "Hello World" get-your-feet-wet example. It's almost as if the authors went out of their way to keep you from writing something simple that will work.

    It's probably a great book once you know how to construct WordPress plugins --- but worthless for starting out.
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  • Bronson Quick
    5.0 out of 5 stars A must have for all WordPress Plugin Developers!
    Reviewed in the United States on March 22, 2011
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    First of all, a big thank you to Brad, Ozh and Justin for writing this fabulous WordPress book!

    I've been working with WordPress for a good five to six years now and I've been teaching myself development along the way by looking through the WordPress source code, reading blogs and Googling and over the years I've been doing things my own way based on what I've learnt.

    This book has been such an eye opener for me because there are stacks of tips and ideas I've learnt while I've read the book. I took stacks of notes as I read and I've even typed out our own internal training for our development staff so that we can all be aware of the information in this book and code in line with the WordPress code standards. Not only will this help us internally it's also going to make it easy for our staff to contribute patches to the WordPress core.

    I can't rave enough about how great this book is. It's worth it's weight in gold! I wish a resource like this was around years ago!
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  • Carlos Miguel Alvares
    5.0 out of 5 stars Uma referência
    Reviewed in Spain on February 3, 2014
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    Um livro que todos deviam ter como referência, tanto para os que querem iniciar no desenvolvimento de plugins para wordpress como para quem já sabe desenvolver.
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  • Hoan Q Mac
    5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent.
    Reviewed in Canada on March 30, 2014
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    Excellent. Just plain excellent. I can't say how excellent this book is. It could use some updating for certain scenarios that I've encountered and some things could be more clear, but otherwise, this book accelerates WP development..
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  • Elliot
    5.0 out of 5 stars Five Stars
    Reviewed in the United Kingdom on February 16, 2015
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    Well written and pretty extensive. Great for anyone looking to develop in WordPress
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  • Marko Heijnen
    5.0 out of 5 stars Awesome book
    Reviewed in Germany on May 22, 2013
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    It's an great book to read and the new version of this book is really recommended to read. Even for an experienced WordPress developer it's a nice reference to have.
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  • Sotospeak
    5.0 out of 5 stars Non il primo ma il più importante
    Reviewed in Italy on January 20, 2013
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    Notoriamente il testo più approfondito mai pubblicato su Wordpress. Certamente non il primo libro da acquistare, dedicato a quanti vogliono sviluppare in WP, anche non necessariamente esperti in PHP, ma sicuramente con solide basi di programmazione in qualche linguaggio. Il titolo parzialmente inganna: il libro non tratta solo dello sviluppo di plugin per WP ma è una panoramica completa delle sue caratteristiche più avanzate (hooks, actions, custom post ecc). Pur non recentissimo i suoi contenuti restano ancora utili ed utilizzabili al 100%.
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