Chapter 7: Plugin Tips and Tricks
by Michael Torbert, Andrea Rennick, Kevin Palmer, Cory Miller, Lisa Sabin-Wilson
WordPress® All-in-One For Dummies®
- Cover Page
- Title Page
- Copyright
- About the Authors
- Dedication
- Authors' Acknowledgments
- Publisher's Acknowledgments
- Contents at a Glance
- Table of Contents
- Introduction
- Book I: WordPress Basics
- Book II: Setting Up the WordPress Software
- Chapter 1: Understanding the System Requirements
- Chapter 2: Using File Transfer Protocol
- Chapter 3: Introducing PHP and MySQL
- Chapter 4: Installing WordPress on Your Web Server
- Chapter 5: Configurations for Optimum Performance and Security
- Chapter 6: Upgrading WordPress
- Chapter 7: Backing Up, Packing Up, and Moving to a New Host
- Book III: Exploring the WordPress Dashboard
- Book IV: Publishing Your Site with WordPress
- Chapter 1: Writing Your First PostIn
- Chapter 2: Examining the Difference between Posts and Pages
- Chapter 3: Uploading and Displaying Photos and Galleries
- Chapter 4: Exploring Podcasting and Video Blogging
- Chapter 5: Working with Custom Fields
- Chapter 6: Using WordPress as a Content Management System
- Book V: Examining SEO and Social Media
- Book VI: Customizing the Look of Your Site
- Chapter 1: Examining the Default Theme: Twenty Ten
- Chapter 2: Finding and Installing WordPress Themes
- Chapter 3: Exploring the Anatomy of a Theme
- Changing Your Background Graphic
- Changing Your Header Graphic
- Personalizing Your Theme with CSS
- Understanding Basic HTML Techniques
- Changing Basic Elements for a Unique Look
- Finding Additional Resources
- Chapter 5: Understanding Parent and Child Themes
- Chapter 6: Digging into Advanced Theme Development
- Chapter 7: Using Theme Frameworks to Simplify Customization
- Book VII: Using and Developing Plugins
- Chapter 1: Introducing WordPress Plugins
- Chapter 2: Installing and Activating Plugins
- Chapter 3: Exploring Plugin Options and Settings
- Chapter 4: Modifying Existing Plugin Code to Your Liking
- Chapter 5: Creating Simple WordPress Plugins from Scratch
- Chapter 6: Exploring Plugin Development Best Practices
- Chapter 7: Plugin Tips and Tricks
- Book VIII: Running Multiple Sites with WordPress
- Index
Chapter 7: Plugin Tips and Tricks
- Using a plugin template
- Making your plugin pluggable
- Enhancing plugins with CSS and JavaScript
- Custom post types
- Exploring little-known useful hooks
- Using custom shortcodes
When you have a WordPress plugin or two under your belt, you'll discover that you want to interact with many more parts of WordPress. WordPress is constantly coming out with new functionality, and with it, new API hooks. This chapter discusses some of this functionality and offers you some ways to extend your use of WordPress plugins. Because this functionality involves some simple programming skills, we assume (for the purposes of this chapter) that you have some basic PHP and WordPress plugin development knowledge.
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