Thefirststeps

Predevelopmentissues
Wordpress Plugin Directory Plugin andFileNames FileHeaders

Wordpress Plugin Hooks

Actions Filters

Addingdatatowordpress database
Creatingtableswithplugins

AddingAdministrationMenus
Creatingoptionspage

HelloDolly example
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Predevelopmentissues(1)
Wordpress Plugin Directory
code

javascript

wpcontent

plugins

yourplugin

css

placeyourplugin here

images

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Plugin andFileNames
Choose your plugins name carefully. Think about whattheplugin willdo,andmakea,hopefullyunique, nameforit.

Itisgoodforthenamesofyourphp filestobederived fromyourchosenplugin name.

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FileHeaders

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Hooks are provided to allow your plugin to 'hook into' the rest of WordPress;that is,to call functions in your plugin at specific times,and thereby set your plugin in motion.

Hooks

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Hooks=Actions +Filters
Actions are triggered by specific events (e.g. publishing a post ) that take place in WordPress. Your plugin can respond to the event by executing a PHP function

Action
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Hooks=Actions +Filters
Filters - Functions

DATA

Filters are functions that WordPress passes data through at certain points in execution, just before taking some action with the data such as adding it to the database or sending it to the browser screen.
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AddingdatatoWordpress database
Createtableswithplugins
There are two types of information you could store Setup Information: user choices that are entered when the user first sets up your plugin. Data: information that is added as the user continues to use your plugin Steps 1. Write a PHP function that creates the table. 2. Ensure that WordPress calls the function when the plugin is activated. 3. Create an upgrade function, if a new version of your plugin needs to have a different table structure.

http://codex.wordpress.org/Creating_Tables_with_Plugins#Create_Database_Tables
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Asimpleexample
$table_name = $wpdb->prefix . "liveshoutbox";

// check if there is a table with the same name

if($wpdb->get_var("show tables like '$table_name'") != $table_name) {

// SQL Statement
$sql = "CREATE TABLE " . $table_name . " ( id mediumint(9) NOT NULL AUTO_INCREMENT, time bigint(11) DEFAULT '0' NOT NULL, name tinytext NOT NULL, text text NOT NULL, url VARCHAR(55) NOT NULL, UNIQUE KEY id (id) );";

// Creating the table

require_once(ABSPATH . 'wp-admin/includes/upgrade.php'); dbDelta($sql);

Asimpleexample
$welcome_name = "Mr. Wordpress"; $welcome_text = "Congratulations, you just completed the installation!";

// SQL Statememt
$insert = "INSERT INTO " . $table_name . " (time, name, text) " . "VALUES ('" . time() . "','" . $wpdb->escape($welcome_name) . "','" . $wpdb->escape($welcome_text) . "')";

// Adding Data into the table

$results = $wpdb->query( $insert );

AddingAdministrationMenus
Createoptionspage
Top-level menus: Settings, Manage, Plugins, Presentation, Write, Users

Admin Menu Functions add_menu_page: create a top-level menu add_submenu_page: define one or more sub-menu pages In the above wordpress functions the developers defined the name of their php functions which are responsible to build the options pages. See an example here http://codex.wordpress.org/Creating_Options_Pages

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HelloDollyexample

Hello Dolly Lyrics

Chose randomly one lyric and place it the upper right of your Administation panels

add_action('admin_footer', 'hello_dolly');

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Wordpress DevelopmentCommunity
Are you ready to enter into an evolving development community?

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MattMullenweg
Creator of Wordpress.org

14th place
The 25 most influential people on the web (2008)

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Moredetailsontheinternet
The truth is out there
http://codex.wordpress.org/Writing_a_Plugin#WordPress_Plugin_Hooks http://codex.wordpress.org/Plugin_API http://codex.wordpress.org/Creating_Tables_with_Plugins http://codex.wordpress.org/Adding_Administration_Menus

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Thankyou!
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