In this first part of the Intro to WordPress Plugin Development series, we’ll be taking a look at some best practices for coding your plugin. Specifically, we will take a look at these areas: How to set up the plugin header Formatting your code Use of meaningful names in files and code File organization How…

In the first part of the Intro to WordPress Plugin Development series, we covered how to organize your plugin’s files, and the importance of unique naming (folders, files, and functions). In this part of the series, we’ll cover how to use filters. What are WordPress filters? According to the WordPress codex: Filters are functions that WordPress…

If you have been following along with the Intro to WordPress Plugin Development series, you would have just learned about how to use filters in your plugin. Next, we’ll look at actions and how they can be used in your plugin. What is a WordPress action? According to the WordPress codex: Actions are triggered by…

So far in the Intro to WordPress Plugin Development series, we’ve talked about properly formatting code, and how to use filters and actions. Next, we’ll look at creating our own custom post type. What are WordPress custom post types? WordPress comes with several different post types, like posts and pages. Since WordPress started off as…