WordPress Plugins (WordCamp Utah)

WordPress Plugin Development

Alex KingCrowd Favorite

Intro

• History with WordPress (and b2)

• ~40-50 plugins

• Crowd Favorite

Topics

• Types of plugins

• Development tips

• Process and tools

• Releasing plugins

• Announcements

• Q & A

Types of Plugins

• Tweaks

• Customizations

• Integrations

• Not plugins (theme customizations, etc.)

Development Tips

• WordPress plugin architecture

• Hooks

• Filters

• References

• Codex

• Code

Getting Started

• Stand on the shoulders of giants

• Outline your code

• Find your hooks

• Write your code

Customizations• Build your feature, connect it to WordPress

• Use WP functions where possible

Integrations• User experience is king

• Keep user in a single flow

Testing

• WordPress versions

• PHP versions

• Browsers

• QA checklists

Releasing Plugins

• Host your plugin on wordpress.org

• Pay attention to your README

• Expectations (yours and your users’)

Announcements

Dev Tools

• WP SVN install script

• Compatibility plugin

• QA checklists

• Dev tools available athttp://crowdfavorite.com/wordpress

Carrington Theme

• Pretty

• New template structure/framework

• Override system - filenaming convention

• Free - GPL

• http://carringtontheme.com

BackupMoxie

• Full service set-up and restores

• Linux server compatible

• 60 days of snapshots

• Premium pricetag

• http://backupmoxie.com

Q & A