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Wordpress Web Application Development - Third Edition

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Product type Book
Published in May 2017
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781787126800
Pages 536 pages
Edition 3rd Edition
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Author (1):
Rakhitha Nimesh Ratnayake Rakhitha Nimesh Ratnayake
Profile icon Rakhitha Nimesh Ratnayake
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Table of Contents (14) Chapters close

Preface 1. WordPress as a Web Application Framework 2. Implementing Membership Roles, Permissions, and Features 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

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...

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