Book Image

Wordpress Web Application Development - Third Edition

By : Rakhitha Nimesh Ratnayake
Book Image

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)

Tips for developing extendable plugins

Plugins are used as the primary components in building web applications. In normal circumstances, we have to use existing plugins as well as develop our own plugins. So it's important to improve the extendibility of plugins to adapt to the custom requirements of different applications. So, let's look at some of the important tips for developing extendable plugins:

  • Add custom actions with do_action before and after executing major actions in your plugin, such as registration, login, data saving, and so on.
  • Add custom filters with apply_filters when you have an output for displaying or variables and objects that are worth modifying.
  • Use two parameters for filters and keep the second parameter as an array or object, allowing you to add custom attributes without breaking the functionality of existing implementations. It's not wise to add many parameters.
  • Use one...