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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)

Responsive previews in theme customizer

In the past, we used desktop computers or laptops to access large web applications. But these days users tend to use various kinds of mobile-based devices to access large web applications. Even e-commerce based applications are available on mobile and, unlike in the past, users are not afraid of doing transactions through mobiles. So responsive design has become a must in website and application design. If we don't consider responsive design, users will have major limitations in accessing the application through mobiles and hence we could lose many potential users of the application.

Until recently, we had to use other plugins or third-party services to check the responsiveness of your application screens. WordPress 4.5 introduced responsive previews in the theme customizer where we can check different screen sizes instantly without needing any other service. We can go...