Create Your First WordPress Plugin

Create Your First WordPress Plugin, available at $54.99, with 19 lectures, and has 2 subscribers.

You will learn about Understand how WordPress plugins integrate with WordPress core Use different WordPress plugin APIs Interact with 3rd party APIs Schedule WordPress events to execute actions on a set interval Have a basic understanding of how WordPress uses capabilities to secure websites This course is ideal for individuals who are Begginer programmers who want to learn how to create WordPress plugins or Experienced programmer who have no experience with WordPress or Programmer who have stayed away from the WordPress scene for some time and wish to update their knowledge It is particularly useful for Begginer programmers who want to learn how to create WordPress plugins or Experienced programmer who have no experience with WordPress or Programmer who have stayed away from the WordPress scene for some time and wish to update their knowledge.

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Summary

Title: Create Your First WordPress Plugin

Price: $54.99

Number of Lectures: 19

Number of Published Lectures: 19

Number of Curriculum Items: 19

Number of Published Curriculum Objects: 19

Original Price: $22.99

Quality Status: approved

Status: Live

What You Will Learn

Understand how WordPress plugins integrate with WordPress core
Use different WordPress plugin APIs
Interact with 3rd party APIs
Schedule WordPress events to execute actions on a set interval
Have a basic understanding of how WordPress uses capabilities to secure websites

Who Should Attend

Begginer programmers who want to learn how to create WordPress plugins
Experienced programmer who have no experience with WordPress
Programmer who have stayed away from the WordPress scene for some time and wish to update their knowledge

Target Audiences

Begginer programmers who want to learn how to create WordPress plugins
Experienced programmer who have no experience with WordPress
Programmer who have stayed away from the WordPress scene for some time and wish to update their knowledge

In this course, you will learn the basics of WordPress plugin development, and incrementally build your knowledge to create a plugin that displays data extracted from an 3rd party API. You will learn the basics of WordPress security, and the internals of how Transients, Cron, and Settings work in WordPress. You will also learn how to search for documentation, how to schedule events, how to cache data, and more.

Get ready to learn about

Declaring WordPress plugins
Using the WordPress Settings API to store plugin settings
Processing user input and persisting it in the database
Using shortcodes to display custom content in any WordPress block
Using WordPress to communicate with external APIs
Caching data using the Transients API
Scheduling events using the Cron System
Styling your custom content using CSS

By the end of the course, you will have a fully functional WordPress plugin that can store user input, interact with WordPress APIs, get data from 3rd party APIs, and display custom content using shortcodes. But, more importantly, you will have the knowledge to create your own WordPress plugins to customize WordPress to yours and your client’s needs.

Learning to create WordPress plugins gives you the ability to work in many different fields implementing solutions on existing projects, or create projects of your own that extend the capabilities of WordPress. WordPress plugins can evolve to become fully fledged businesses giving you the opportunity to tap into an industry that is already established, and that continues to grow year after year.

Course Curriculum

Chapter 1: Introduction

Lecture 1: Introduction

Lecture 2: Exploring plugins and declaring our own plugin

Lecture 3: Addign more details to the plugin declaration

Lecture 4: Adding a menu item for the plugin settings page

Lecture 5: Adding a settings page, and introduction to WordPress security mechanisms

Lecture 6: Introduction to the Open-Meteo API

Lecture 7: Adding the settings form

Lecture 8: Processing settings form submission

Lecture 9: Saving latitude and longitude settings

Lecture 10: Introduction to WordPress shortcodes

Lecture 11: Using a shorcode to display custom content

Lecture 12: Interacting with external APIs

Lecture 13: Refactoring the shortcode callback

Lecture 14: Caching the weather data using the Transients API

Lecture 15: Scheduling events using the Cron System

Lecture 16: Cron and Transients behind the scenes

Lecture 17: Cleaning up after the plugin is deactivated

Lecture 18: Adding styles to the weather table

Lecture 19: Good Bye

Instructors

Buzu B
Full stack web developer – WordPress – Drupal – Laravel

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