To create a WordPress plugin, you’ll need to create a plugin folder within the wp-content/plugins directory, then create a main PHP file with a header and write your plugin code, following WordPress’s plugin development guidelines. Here’s a more detailed breakdown: Prerequisites: Notice that these are things we included in this course beforehand to make sure you were…
As I’ve talked about before, one thing that makes WordPress such a powerful tool and content management system (CMS), is that it is very extensible. Through plugins and themes, you can change a lot about how WordPress works by default. A big reason why we use plugins is that we can do it without touching…
At its base level, a content management system (CMS) manages your content. However, that merely realigns its name. A content management system will, as a minimum, perform several key tasks: Allow you to add, edit, and remove web pages from your website. Allow you to manage uploaded content for your site, be it pictures, audio…
WordPress is broken into two parts depending upon how you want to use it. They are commonly referred to as WordPress.Org or WordPress.Com. In reality, you will use the same software, it is just how you host and manage the software that changes. WordPress.Org WordPress.Org allows you to download WordPress to your local machine, or…
WordPress is what many would call a mid-level Content Management System (CMS). It offers some of the complex features of high end CMSes, but has some limitations and stays relatively easy to use. In most circumstances, you won’t need a special administrator to setup and run WordPress, like you would need with some CMSes. Best…
“The Loop” is where most of your work is done. However, it isn’t a single file. Rather, it is the part of the file which WordPress send your content to. Here you will have your different files, archive.php, category.php, single.php, etc. These different files will all have their own loop. But these files will not…
Most all themes will have a sidebar file. This will provide the sidebar that usually controls where the widgets will go. Most themes have a single sidebar. Depending upon your theme, you may find your side bar to the left or the right of the main content. However, some themes have additional columns. These themes…
When developing a theme for WordPress, we talked about the importance of a good theme header, the header.php file. This includes not just the mast head of the HTML document that you see, but also the head tag, which includes the doctype, title, CSS links, and more. Likewise, it is important to close with a…
