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WordPress Development Quick Start Guide

You're reading from   WordPress Development Quick Start Guide Build beautiful and dynamic websites for your domain from scratch

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Product type Paperback
Published in Oct 2018
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781789342871
Length 300 pages
Edition 1st Edition
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Rakhitha Nimesh Ratnayake Rakhitha Nimesh Ratnayake
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Preface 1. Introduction to WordPress Development FREE CHAPTER 2. Managing Database Structure, Storage, and Retrieval 3. Designing Flexible Frontends with Theme Development 4. Building Custom Modules with Plugin Development 5. Extending Plugins with Addons, Filters, and Actions 6. Practical Usage of WordPress APIs 7. Managing Custom Post Types and Processing Forms 8. Discovering Key Modules in Development 9. Enhancing Security, Performance, and Maintenance 10. Other Books You May Enjoy

Introducing shortcodes

Shortcode in WordPress is a piece of code that generates dynamic content for the site or alters a given content based on various requirements. This feature was introduced to allow users to add dynamic content to posts or pages. However, modern websites use shortcodes beyond its intended purpose. We can see shortcodes being used in widgets, template files, and even inside the plugin for improving reusability. The shortcode API is a set of functions allowing developers to easily create and use shortcode based on their preferences. Modern websites use advanced themes as well as numerous plugins for providing advanced features with eye-catching designs. Therefore, you will see an increased use of shortcodes. The shortcode is one of the simplest ways to add a feature to a site, and hence it's important to have thorough understanding of API functions...

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