WordPress Plugin Development
Extend WordPress with hooks, custom post types, blocks and REST APIs.
๐Mediumlevel
๐14chapters
โฑ๏ธ~15 hours15 min a day
๐ง Coming soon ๐ All courses
About this course
Build real plugins the right way: actions and filters, custom post types and taxonomies, meta, settings, shortcodes, Gutenberg blocks, the REST API, security and publishing.
Before you start
- PHP for Beginners
- WordPress Theme Development (recommended)
๐ By the end you canโฆ
- Use actions and filters confidently
- Create custom post types, taxonomies and meta
- Build custom blocks
- Create REST API endpoints
- Write secure, translatable plugins
๐๏ธ The plan
What this course will cover
Lessons are being written right now. Hereโs the roadmap.
- 01Plugin basics๐ง soon
- 02Actions & filters๐ง soon
- 03Custom post types & taxonomies๐ง soon
- 04Post meta & meta boxes๐ง soon
- 05Settings & options๐ง soon
- 06Shortcodes๐ง soon
- 07Custom database tables๐ง soon
- 08AJAX & the REST API๐ง soon
- 09Gutenberg blocks๐ง soon
- 10Security: nonces, sanitising, escaping๐ง soon
- 11Cron & background jobs๐ง soon
- 12Internationalisation๐ง soon
- 13Testing & debugging๐ง soon
- 14Project: a bookings plugin๐ง soon