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[...] Plugin basics and the admin module. In this chapter, we describe the frontend of Share on Social Plugin, the plugin project developed in the tutorial. For frontend, Share on Social Plugin uses class [...]

[...] plugins’ top directory and if exists, it executes it as part of uninstall phase. In Share on Social Plugin, we use unistall.php instead of uninstall hook. When plugin uninstall is initiated by the [...]

[...] Plugin Development Tutorial is a step by step guide which explains the development of Share on Social Plugin. In the process, it covers essential WordPress APIs. Releasing a WordPress Plugin to public [...]

[...] multisite activation. WordPress Plugin Deactivation follows similar pattern but in Share on Social Plugin it has some minor twists. Share on Social Plugin uses the same class file class-activator.php [...]

[...] and grant privileges. Before proceeding with the usual WordPress installation, go through the next section which explain how to add default site when you use multiple instances of WordPress. Add [...]

[...] .xml of the site and grep for loc (location) elements. We cover Sitemap in SEO chapter. In the next section, we look at Browser Cache module of W3 Total Cache to further improve the user experience. [...]

[...] we have to do to complete this menu item is tell WP how to render the page. In the next section, we show how to render page with WordPress Settings API. PrevChapter 6.1 WordPress Add [...]

[...] base name is share-on-social so that the link is added only for Share on Plugin. In the next section, we install WordPress Multisite and learn to code plugin activation for Multisites. [...]

[...] request. After passing these three conditions, we start to save meta data fields with WordPress function update_post_meta(). To the function, we pass the data returned by helper method – [...]

[...] is not displayed. WordPress Multisite Plugin Activation The plugin activation method uses WordPress function is_multisite() and parameter $networkwide to handle the multisite activation. share-on- [...]

[...] URL and other data from the server to client. share-on-social/frontend/class-frontend.php WordPress function admin_url() returns the URL of admin-ajax.php. WordPress function wp_create_nonce() creates [...]

[...] function, we check whether we are in admin screen or in site with the help of is_admin(). WordPress function is_admin() checks whether we are in the Admin panel. Please note that we should not use [...]

[...] the admin screen. Please note that we should not use this function to check whether the user has admin [...]

[...] register_settings_page() method as action function to action hook admin_menu. When we access admin screen, WordPress core after executing typical hooks such as plugins_loaded, init etc., encounters [...]

[...] sequence to have a clear understanding of WordPress Settings API framework. when we open Admin screen, WordPress calls action method register_settings_page() hooked to admin_menu hook. This method [...]

[...] hooks are triggered by specific event thats takes place in WordPress such as display of admin screen, publishing of post etc., Filters – These hooks pass data through the functions at [...]

[...] the latest WordPress.zip from WordPress and install it in /opt/lampp/htdocs We rename the wordpress directory as wordpress-4.0.1 so that we are free to install other versions later. Apache should [...]

[...] zip and we get a directory named wordpress that contains WordPress software. Copy the wordpress directory to the application repository. Change to application repository and rename the directory [...]

[...] the tools. It will download tools from WordPress source repository and save it your local WordPress directory. We also create a symbolic link src pointing to wordpress directory, which is for the hard [...]

[...] the latest WordPress.zip from WordPress and install it in /opt/lampp/htdocs We rename the wordpress directory as wordpress-4.0.1 so that we are free to install other versions later. Apache should [...]

[...] Chapter 2. WordPress Installation In the previous chapter, we created a WordPress application on OpenShift platform. In [...]

[...] a new theme. In this chapter, we cover some of the must have WordPress Plugins for any WordPress installation. WordPress Plugins add and extend the functionality of WordPress. There are more than [...]

[...] our notice. We prefer to install WordPress from source to have finer control over the WordPress installation. Note When we start with OpenShift and WordPress, it is advisable to use OpenShift [...]

[...] wp as shown below. With everything in place, open http://localhost in the browser to get WordPress installation screen. Complete the WordPress installation. Multiple WordPress Versions As we installed [...]

[...] 6.2. WordPress Settings API In the previous blog, we add a sub menu to admin menu to accept common settings from [...]

[...] Options Page In previous two blogs, we created a sub menu and saw how to add fields with WordPress Settings API. In this blog, as the final step, we explore WordPress Settings functions to render the [...]

[...] , we need to register page fields with WordPress. In the next section, we go through WordPress Settings API and learn how to add sections and fields to a menu page. PrevChapter 5. WordPress [...]

[...] a lot of powerful features of Google Analytics unused. Instead, we use Google Analytics for WordPress Plugin by Joost de Valk. Install Google Analytics for WordPress. Chapter 6, WordPress Plugins [...]

[...] Chapter 13. WordPress Plugin Development. Sometime back, we released Share on Social, a social media sharing plugin. In [...] . The post WordPress Plugin Development. appeared first on CodeDrops. [...]

[...] 13.4. WordPress Plugin Structure. When we plan to develop and release a production level WordPress Plugin, we have to follow certain best practices suggested by WordPress and also by other [...]

[...] 13.1. Install WordPress locally While it is possible to develop WordPress Plugin on a WordPress installation hosted on server or cloud, it is much more convenient to do that [...]

[...] installation. In this blog, we install a new instance and enable WordPress Multisite. Install WordPress So far in the tutorial, we used WordPress Single Site installation and it is possible to [...]

[...] 13.1. Install WordPress locally While it is possible to develop WordPress Plugin on a WordPress installation hosted [...]

[...] index the site. We show how to do that in the next section. After filling the details, click Install WordPress. Installation finishes in a couple of seconds and displays the success page. During the [...]

[...] is much more convenient to do that on local machine.In this section, we explain the steps to install WordPress on local system. XAMPP is probably the easiest way to install WordPress locally. XAMPP by [...]