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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 FREE CHAPTER 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

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...
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