An Introduction to Plugins WHAT ’ S IN THIS CHAPTER? Understanding a plugin Using available WordPress APIs Loading order of plugin
10 ❘ CHAPTER 1 AN INTRODUCTION TO PLUGINS The last four drop - in plugins are specifi c to the WordPress Multisite feature. A standard WordPress ins
2 ❘ CHAPTER 1 AN INTRODUCTION TO PLUGINS How Plugins Interact with WordPress WordPress features many different APIs for use in your plugin. Each
WordPress also features pluggable functions. These functions enable you to override specifi c core functions in a plugin. For example, the wp_mail()
4 ❘ CHAPTER 1 AN INTRODUCTION TO PLUGINS Popular Plugin Examples Take a look at the fi ve most downloaded WordPress plugins available to get a sen
Viewing popular plugin tags is a great way to get inspiration when developing new plugins for WordPress. ADVANTAGES OF PLUGINS WordPress offers
6 ❘ CHAPTER 1 AN INTRODUCTION TO PLUGINS As you can see sending an email in WordPress couldn ’ t be easier. Unless your plugin needs some customize
Easier to Share and Reuse Plugins are easy to share with others. It ’ s much easier to share a plugin than tell someone to modify specifi c lines of
8 ❘ CHAPTER 1 AN INTRODUCTION TO PLUGINSpage. Click the Browser button and select the plugin zip fi le you want to install. After you select the plu
directory, which stands for Must - Use, is not auto - created by WordPress, so it must be manually created to be used. The primary difference between
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