WordPress Plugin Development Cookbook, Third Edition - Section 1

- WordPress Plugin Development Cookbook
- Contributors
- About the author
- About the reviewers
- Preface
- Who this book is for
- What this book covers
- To get the most out of this book
- Download the example code files
- Download the color images
- Conventions used
- Sections
- Getting ready
- How to do it…
- How it works…
- There's more…
- See also
- Get in touch
- Share Your Thoughts
- Technical requirements
- Installing a local web server on your computer
- How to do it…
- How it works…
- There's more…
- Creating a local version control repository
- How to do it…
- How it works…
- There's more…
- Installing a dedicated code editor/text editor
- Getting ready
- How to do it…
- How it works…
- There's more…
- Technical requirements
- Creating a plugin file and header
- Getting ready
- How to do it...
- How it works...
- See also
- Adding output content to page headers using plugin actions
- How to do it...
- How it works...
- There's more...
- See also
- Using WordPress path utility functions to load external files and images
- How to do it...
- How it works...
- There's more...
- See also
- Modifying the site generator meta tag using plugin filters
- How to do it...
- How it works...
- There's more...
- See also
- Adding text after each item's content using plugin filters
- How to do it...
- How it works...
- There's more...
- See also
- Inserting link tracking code in the page body using plugin filters
- Getting ready
- How to do it...
- How it works...
- See also
- Troubleshooting coding errors and printing variable content
- How to do it...
- How it works...
- There's more...
- See also
- Creating a new simple shortcode
- How to do it...
- How it works...
- See also
- Creating a new shortcode with parameters
- How to do it...
- How it works...
- See also
- Creating a new enclosing shortcode
- How to do it...
- How it works...
- See also
- Loading a style sheet to format plugin output
- Getting ready
- How to do it...
- How it works...
- See also
- Writing plugins using object-oriented PHP
- Getting ready
- How to do it...
- How it works...
- There's more…
- See also
- Technical requirements
- Creating default user settings on plugin initialization
- How to do it...
- How it works...
- There's more...
- See also
- Storing user settings using arrays
- Getting ready
- How to do it...
- How it works...
- See also
- Removing plugin data on deletion
- Getting ready
- How to do it...
- How it works...
- See also
- Creating an administration page menu item in the settings menu
- Getting ready
- How to do it...
- How it works...
- There's more...
- See also
- Creating a multi-level administration menu
- How to do it...
- How it works...
- There's more…
- See also
- Rendering the admin page contents using HTML
- Getting ready
- How to do it...
- How it works...
- There's more...
- See also
- Processing and storing plugin configuration data
- Getting ready
- How to do it...
- How it works...
- See also
- Displaying a confirmation message when options are saved
- Getting ready
- How to do it...
- How it works...
- See also
- Adding custom help pages
- Getting ready
- How to do it...
- How it works...
- See also
- Rendering the admin page contents using the Settings API
- How to do it...
- How it works...
- There's more...
- See also
- Accessing user settings from action and filter hooks
- Getting ready
- How to do it...
- How it works...
- See also
- Formatting admin pages using meta boxes
- Getting ready
- How to do it...
- How it works...
- See also
- Splitting admin code from the main plugin file to optimize site performance
- Getting ready
- How to do it...
- How it works...
- See also
- Storing style sheet data in user settings
- Getting ready
- How to do it...
- How it works...
- See also
- Managing multiple sets of user settings from a single admin page
- Getting ready
- How to do it...
- How it works...
- See also
- Creating a network-level plugin with admin pages
- Getting ready
- How to do it...
- How it works...
- See also
- Technical requirements
- Creating a custom post type
- Getting ready
- How to do it...
- How it works...
- There's more...
- See also
- Adding a new section to the custom post type editor
- Getting ready
- How to do it...
- How it works...
- See also
- Displaying single custom post type items using a custom layout
- Getting ready
- How to do it...
- How it works...
- See also
- Tailoring search output for custom post type items
- Getting ready
- How to do it…
- How it works…
- See also
- Displaying custom post type data in shortcodes
- Getting ready
- How to do it...
- How it works...
- See also
- Adding custom categories for custom post types
- Getting ready
- How to do it...
- How it works...
- See also
- Adding custom fields to categories
- Getting ready
- How to do it...
- How it works...
- See also
- Hiding the category editor from the custom post type editor
- Getting ready
- How to do it...
- How it works...
- See also
- Displaying additional columns in the custom post list page
- Getting ready
- How to do it...
- How it works...
- See also
- Adding filters for custom categories to the custom post list page
- Getting ready
- How to do it...
- How it works...
- See also
- Adding Quick Edit fields for custom categories
- Getting ready
- How to do it...
- How it works...
- Updating the page title to include custom post data using plugin filters
- Getting ready
- How to do it...
- How it works...
- Technical requirements
- Capturing and displaying information using custom meta boxes
- Getting ready
- How to do it...
- How it works...
- There's more...
- Displaying custom post data using filter functions
- Getting ready
- How to do it...
- How it works...
- See also
- Hiding the Custom Fields section in the post editor
- Getting ready
- How to do it...
- How it works...
- Extending the post editor to attach custom files with the media uploader
- Getting ready
- How to do it...
- How it works...
- See also
- Technical requirements
- Setting up a block development environment and creating a simple block
- Getting ready
- How to do it...
- How it works...
- There's more...
- See also
- Creating an editable blockquote block
- Getting ready
- How to do it...
- How it works...
- See also
- Creating a new WordPress REST endpoint
- Getting ready
- How to do it...
- How it works...
- See also
- Creating a server-side rendering block that leverages an existing shortcode
- Getting ready
- How to do it...
- How it works...
- See also
- Technical requirements
- Creating a client-side content submission form
- Getting ready
- How to do it...
- How it works...
- See also
- Saving user-submitted content in custom post types
- Getting ready
- How to do it...
- How it works...
- There's more...
- See also
- Sending email notifications upon new submissions
- Getting ready
- How to do it...
- How it works...
- See also
- Implementing a CAPTCHA on user forms using an online service
- Getting ready
- How to do it...
- How it works...
- See also
- Using a local library to implement a CAPTCHA on user forms
- Getting ready
- How to do it...
- How it works...
- See also
- Technical requirements
- Adding custom fields to the user editor
- Getting ready
- How to do it...
- How it works...
- See also
- Processing and storing custom user data
- Getting ready
- How to do it...
- How it works...
- See also
- Displaying new user data on the user list page
- Getting ready
- How to do it...
- How it works...
- See also
- Using custom user data in an enclosing shortcode
- Getting ready
- How to do it...
- How it works...
- See also
- Technical requirements
- Safely loading jQuery onto WordPress web pages
- Getting ready
- How to do it...
- How it works...
- There's more...
- Displaying a pop-up dialog using the built-in ThickBox plugin
- Getting ready
- How to do it...
- How it works...
- There's more...
- Controlling pop-up dialog display using shortcodes
- Getting ready
- How to do it...
- How it works...
- See also
- Displaying a calendar day selector using the Datepicker plugin
- Getting ready
- How to do it...
- How it works...
- Adding tooltips to admin page form fields using the TipTip plugin
- Getting ready
- How to do it...
- How it works...
- See also
- Using AJAX to dynamically update partial page contents
- Getting ready
- How to do it...
- How it works...
- See also
- Technical requirements
- Creating a new widget in WordPress
- Getting ready
- How to do it...
- How it works...
- See also
- Displaying widget configuration options
- Getting ready
- How to do it...
- How it works...
- See also
- Validating widget configuration options
- Getting ready
- How to do it...
- How it works...
- See also
- Adding a custom dashboard widget
- Getting ready
- How to do it...
- How it works...
- See also
- Adding a custom widget to the network dashboard
- Getting ready
- How to do it...
- How it works...
- See also
- Technical requirements
- Displaying RSS items from an external feed
- Getting ready
- How to do it…
- How it works...
- There's more…
- See also
- Optimizing plugin performance by storing external data using transients
- Getting ready
- How to do it...
- How it works...
- See also
- Scheduling plugin data updates using WP-Cron
- Getting ready
- How to do it...
- There's more…
- See also
- Technical requirements
- Changing the WordPress site language configuration
- Getting ready
- How to do it...
- How it works...
- Adapting default user settings for translation
- Getting ready
- How to do it...
- How it works...
- See also
- Making admin page code ready for translation
- Getting ready
- How to do it...
- How it works...
- See also
- Modifying shortcode output for translation
- Getting ready
- How to do it...
- How it works...
- See also
- Translating text strings using Poedit
- Getting ready
- How to do it...
- How it works...
- There's more...
- See also
- Loading a language file in the plugin initialization
- Getting ready
- How to do it...
- How it works...
- There's more...
- See also
- Technical requirements
- Creating a README file for your plugin
- Getting ready
- How to do it...
- How it works...
- There's more...
- Applying for your plugin to be hosted on WordPress.org
- How to do it...
- How it works...
- See also
- Uploading your plugin using Subversion
- Getting ready
- How to do it...
- How it works...
- There's more...
- See also
- Providing plugin banner and thumbnail images
- Getting ready
- How to do it...
- How it works...
- See also

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