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This is the slide deck from my presentation at WordCamp MSP about Building your first WordPress plugin.
Transcript of Building your first plugin by John Hawkins at WordCamp MSP
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BUILDING YOUR FIRST PLUGINWordPress 301
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- Husband- Dad- Self-Employed- Web Developer- Geek
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Hi, I’m John
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- 9seeds.com- VegasGeek.com- @vegasgeek- Spend too much time in
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What I do
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HOW I GOT STARTED
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- Tools- Hooks- Code- Resources
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About this presentation
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TOOLS
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- Windows: XAMPPhttp://vegasgeek.com/xampp
- Older Mac (like me): MAMPhttp://vegasgeek.com/mamp
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Develop Locally
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- Syntax Highlighting- Error Checking- Auto-Complete functions- NetBeans / PHP Storm
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Use an IDE
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HOOKS
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- Specific points in the WordPress codeused to interact with WordPress
- Two types of hooks; Actions and Filters- 1,300+ hooks in WordPress 3.0
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What’s a Hook?
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- Tell WordPress to perform a functionat a specific time
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Action Hooks
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- Passes data to your function- Your function can modify the data and
send it back to WordPress
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Filter Hooks
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CODE
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- Create a shortcode- Display info for an upcoming event
in a page or post- Create an admin panel to update
event info
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What will it do?
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- Single files go directly in the plugin folder
- Multiple files go in their own folder
- WordPress only looks one folder deep
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The Plugin Folder
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- Single files go directly in the plugin folder
- Multiple files go in their own folder
- WordPress only looks one folder deep
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The Plugin Folder
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Plugin Header
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Plugin Header
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The Function
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Add a settings page
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The settings form
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The settings form
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The settings form
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The settings form
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The settings form
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Settings Page
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Use the option values
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RESOURCES
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