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Wordpress Web Application  Development

You're reading from   Wordpress Web Application Development Building robust web apps easily and efficiently

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Product type Paperback
Published in May 2017
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781787126800
Length 536 pages
Edition 3rd Edition
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Rakhitha Nimesh Ratnayake Rakhitha Nimesh Ratnayake
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Preface 1. WordPress as a Web Application Framework 2. Implementing Membership Roles, Permissions, and Features FREE CHAPTER 3. Planning and Customizing the Core Database 4. Building Blocks of Web Applications 5. Implementing Application Content Restrictions 6. Developing Pluggable Modules 7. Customizing the Dashboard for Powerful Backends 8. Adjusting Theme for Amazing Frontends 9. Enhancing the Power of Open Source Libraries and Plugins 10. Listening to Third-Party Applications 11. Integrating and Finalizing the Forum Management Application 12. Supplementary Modules for Web Development 13. Configurations, Tools, and Resources

Querying the database

As with most frameworks, WordPress provides a built-in interface for interacting with the database. Most of the database operations will be handled by the wpdb class located inside the wp-includes directory. The wpdb class will be available inside your plugins and themes as a global variable and provides access to all the tables inside the WordPress database, including custom tables.

Using the wpdb class for CRUD operations is straightforward with its built-in methods. A complete guide for using the wpdb class can be found at http://codex.wordpress.org/Class_Reference/wpdb.

Querying the existing tables

WordPress provides well-optimized built-in methods for accessing the existing database tables. Therefore, accessing these tables becomes straightforward...

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