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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)

Open source libraries inside the WordPress core

As mentioned earlier, there are several libraries available within the core that have yet to be noticed by many WordPress developers. Most beginner-level developers tend to include such libraries in their plugins when it's already available inside the core framework. This happens purely due to the nature of WordPress development, where most development is done for generic websites with very limited dynamic content.

As we move into web application development, we should understand the need for using existing libraries whenever possible due to the following reasons:

  • WordPress contains libraries that are more stable and compatible
  • Using a WordPress built-in library prevents conflicts in using different version of the same library
  • This also prevents the duplication of libraries and reduces the size of project files

I am sure you are familiar with libraries and plugins...