Building Your First WordPress Plugin

Slides: Building Your First WordPress Plugin
Code: https://github.com/kkoppenhaver/wp-author-tagline

WordPress Plugin Repository

Hello Dolly Plugin

Initial Plugin Setup

Plugin Header Requirements

Custom Database Tables

Creating Database Tables in Plugins

Custom User Profile Fields

Adding and Using User Profile Fields

Data Validation in WordPress

Validating, Sanitizing, and Escaping User Data in WordPress

Hooks: Actions and Filters

Actions and Filters with Examples

Action Reference

Adding Menu Pages

Administration Menus

WP_List_Table

Shortcodes

Shortcode API

Distribution

Plugin Directory Guidelines


Contact