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WordPress Developer 101
Introduction to WordPress Development
by Cindy CullenStarted programming in 1983
AS in Computer Data Processing, NSTI 1987BS in Computer Science, APSU 1989Corporate World – General Electric
Information Services, American Chemical Society, Iostudio
Freelance since 2003WordPress Health Insurance Protection –
wpHIP.com
What is WordPress?WordPress is a free and open source
blogging tool and a content management system (CMS) based on PHP and MySQL. Features include a plugin architecture and a template
system. WordPress was used by more than 22% of the top 10 million websites
as of August 2013.
Why am I using WordPress?
If you can’t beat ‘em,
Join ‘em!
ProsO Fast, easy DevelopmentO Designers LOVE it! – Easy theme
developmentO Low CostO Easy to use for non-programmersO Many features built-inO Plugins (expansion, customization, add-
ons)O CommunityO Available on most Shared Hosting LAMP
Platforms with easy install
Cons
O Open Source – open to hackers – security
O Bloated? Maybe a little
O Slow and inefficient in some cases
O Requires lots of maintenance
Themes
Free Themes
Free Plugins
Content Management
Media Management
User Management
Posts
Posts are entries listed in reverse chronological order.Posts have categories and
tags.
Think: Blog
Pages
O StaticO Not listed by dateO Don’t have Categories or
tags
Think: ‘About Page’
WordPress Under the Hood
How it works
WordPress Files
wp-content folder
WordPress Database
Posts Table
Theme Development
Multiple Themes
Templates
page.php
Child Themes
My Theme
Changes to my Theme…
Won’t get Overwritten with Theme Updates
Installing Premium Themes
Hooks: Actions and Filters
Hooks are functions that allow you to ‘hook’ into the WordPress core.
Actions: Functionality (add or remove code from core)
Filters: Manipulate existing data (replaces code from the core)
functions.php
Plugin Development
Functions: Separate Files and Folders for Actions and Filters
ShortCode API
ShortCode in a Post
Widgets
Sidebars
Footer Widgets
Footer Blocks
For More Info:
Cindy CullenCullen Web Services
Cullenwebservices.comwpHIP.com
