Wiley Professional WordPress Plugin Development 978-0-470-91622-3 Manuale Utente

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978-0-470-91622-3

An Introduction to Plugins

WHAT ’ S IN THIS CHAPTER?

Understanding a plugin

Using available WordPress APIs

Loading order of plugins

Finding examples of popular plugins

Determining the separation of plugin and theme functionality

Managing and installing plugins

Understanding types of WordPress plugins

WordPress is one of the most popular open source content management systems available
today. One of the primary reasons WordPress is so popular is the ease with which you can
customize WordPress through plugins. WordPress has an amazing framework in place giving
plugin developers the tools needed to extend WordPress in any way imaginable.

Understanding how plugins work, and the tools available in WordPress, is critical knowledge
when developing professional WordPress plugins.

WHAT IS A PLUGIN?

A plugin in WordPress is a PHP script that extends or alters the core functionality of
WordPress. Quite simply plugins are fi les installed in WordPress to add a feature, or set
of features, to WordPress. Plugins can range in complexity from a simple social networking
plugin to an extremely elaborate e - commerce package. There is no limit to what a plugin can
do in WordPress; because of this there is no shortage of plugins available for download.

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