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Wordpress Web Application Development - Third Edition

By : Rakhitha Nimesh Ratnayake
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Wordpress Web Application Development - Third Edition

By: Rakhitha Nimesh Ratnayake

Overview of this book

WordPress is one of the most rapidly expanding markets on the Web. Learning how to build complex and scalable web applications will give you the ability and knowledge to step into the future of WordPress. WordPress 4.7 introduces some exciting new improvements and several bug fixes, which further improve the entire development process.This book is a practical, scenario-based guide to expanding the power of the WordPress core modules to develop modular and maintainable real-world applications from scratch. This book consistently emphasizes adapting WordPress features into web applications. It will walk you through the advanced usages of existing features such as access controlling; database handling; custom post types; pluggable plugins; content restrictions; routing; translation; caching; and many more, while you build the backend of a forum management application. This book begins by explaining how to plan the development of a web application using WordPress' core features. Once the core features are explained, you will learn how to build an application by extending them through custom plugin development. Finally, you will explore advanced non-functional features and application integration. After reading this book, you will have the ability to develop powerful web applications rapidly within limited time frames.
Table of Contents (14 chapters)

Listening to Third-Party Applications

The complexity and size of web applications prompts developers to think about rapid development processes through third-party applications. Basically, we use third-party frameworks and libraries to automate the common tasks of web applications. Alternatively, we can use third-party services to provide functionalities that are not directly related to the core logic of the application. Using APIs is a popular way of working with third-party services. The creation of an API opens the gates for third-party applications to access the data of our applications.

WordPress provides the ability to create an API through its built-in APIs powered by XML-RPC and REST. Also, WordPress is moving completely toward the JSON REST API, and it's available in core with WordPress 4.7. The existing XML-RPC and REST APIs cater to the blogging and CMS functionalities, while allowing developers...