Professional WordPress plugin development "Wrox programmer to programmer"--Cover. - Includes index

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

Taking WordPress to the next level with advanced plugin development

WordPress is used to create self-hosted blogs and sites, and it's fast becoming the most popular content management system (CMS) on the Web. Now you can extend it for personal, corporate and enterprise use with advanced plugins and this professional development guide. Learn how to create plugins using the WordPress plugin API: utilize hooks, store custom settings, craft translation files, secure your plugins, set custom user roles, integrate widgets, work with JavaScript and AJAX, create custom post types. You'll find a practical, solutions-based approach, lots of helpful examples, and plenty of code you can incorporate!

• Shows you how to develop advanced plugins for the most popular CMS platform today, WordPress
• Covers plugin fundamentals, how to create and customize hooks, internationalizing your site with translation files, securing plugins, how to create customer users, and ways to lock down specific areas for use in corporate settings
• Delves into advanced topics, including creating widgets and metaboxes, debugging, using JavaScript and AJAX, Cron integration, custom post types, short codes, multi site functions, and working with the HTTP API
• Includes pointers on how to debug, profile and optimize your code, and how to market your custom plugin

Learn advanced plugin techniques and extend WordPress into the corporate environment.

Taking WordPress to the next level with advanced plugin development WordPress is used to create self-hosted blogs and sites, and it's fast becoming the most popular content management system (CMS) on the Web. Now you can extend it for personal, corporate and enterprise use with advanced plugins and this professional development guide. Learn how to create plugins using the WordPress plugin API: utilize hooks, store custom settings, craft translation files, secure your plugins, set custom user roles, integrate widgets, work with JavaScript and AJAX, create custom post types. You'll find a practical, solutions-based approach, lots of helpful examples, and plenty of code you can incorporate! Shows you how to develop advanced plugins for the most popular CMS platform today, WordPress Covers plugin fundamentals, how to create and customize hooks, internationalizing your site with translation files, securing plugins, how to create customer users, and ways to lock down specific areas for use in corporate settings Delves into advanced topics, including creating widgets and metaboxes, debugging, using JavaScript and AJAX, Cron integration, custom post types, short codes, multi site functions, and working with the HTTP API Includes pointers on how to debug, profile and optimize your code, and how to market your custom plugin Learn advanced plugin techniques and extend WordPress into the corporate environment. A guide to customize and extend WordPress blogs through the use of plugins covers such topics as integrating widgets, adding menus, implementing security practices, and creating custom taxonomies