Create plugins for WordPress through detailed recipes that cover the
creation of shortcodes, custom post types, and custom blocks, integrate
data from external sources, and do much more with this recipe-based
guide
Key Features:
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Create plugins that change and extend WordPress to perform virtually
any task
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Extend the WordPress Block Editor (Gutenberg) and other components
with the help of detailed examples and explanations
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Customize WordPress to meet your project's needs and create plugins
that benefit the entire community
Book Description:
WordPress is one of the most widely used, powerful, and open content
management systems (CMSs). Whether you're a site owner trying to find
the right extension, a developer who wants to contribute to the
community, or a website developer working to fulfill a client's needs,
learning how to extend WordPress' capabilities will help you to unleash
its full potential. This book will help you become familiar with API
functions to create secure plugins with easy-to-use administration
interfaces.
This third edition contains new recipes and up-to-date code samples,
including new chapters on creating custom blocks for the block editor
and integrating data from external sources. From one chapter to the
next, you'll learn how to create plugins of varying complexity, ranging
from a few lines of code to complex extensions that provide intricate
new capabilities. You'll start by using the basic mechanisms provided in
WordPress to create plugins, followed by recipes covering how to design
administration panels, enhance the post editor with custom fields, store
custom data, and even create custom blocks. You'll safely incorporate
dynamic elements into web pages using scripting languages, learn how to
integrate data from external sources, and build new widgets that users
will be able to add to WordPress sidebars and widget areas.
By the end of this book, you will be able to create WordPress plugins to
perform any task you can imagine.
What You Will Learn:
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Discover action and filter hooks, which form the basis of plugin
creation
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Explore the creation of administration pages and add new content
management sections through custom post types and custom fields
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Add new components to the block editor library
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Fetch, cache, and regularly update data from external sources
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Bring in external data sources to enhance your content
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Make your pages dynamic by using JavaScript, jQuery, and AJAX and
adding new widgets to the platform
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Add support for plugin translation and distributing your work to the
WordPress community
Who this book is for:
This book is for WordPress users, developers, and site integrators
interested in creating new plugins to address their personal needs,
fulfill client requirements, and bring new capabilities to the WordPress
community. Basic knowledge of PHP and WordPress is expected.
