Create Your First Wordpress Plugin

Use WordPress and external APIs to show the current weather information for a given location

What you'll learn

Understand how WordPress plugins integrate with WordPress core

Use different WordPress plugin APIs

Interact with 3rd party APIs

Schedule WordPress events to execute actions on a set interval

Have a basic understanding of how WordPress uses capabilities to secure websites

Requirements

Basic PHP knowledge

A working WordPress instance

Description

In this course, you will learn the basics of WordPress plugin development, and incrementally build your knowledge to create a plugin that displays data extracted from an 3rd party API. You will learn the basics of WordPress security, and the internals of how Transients, Cron, and Settings work in WordPress. You will also learn how to search for documentation, how to schedule events, how to cache data, and more.Get ready to learn aboutDeclaring WordPress pluginsUsing the WordPress Settings API to store plugin settingsProcessing user input and persisting it in the databaseUsing shortcodes to display custom content in any WordPress blockUsing WordPress to communicate with external APIsCaching data using the Transients APIScheduling events using the Cron SystemStyling your custom content using CSSBy the end of the course, you will have a fully functional WordPress plugin that can store user input, interact with WordPress APIs, get data from 3rd party APIs, and display custom content using shortcodes. But, more importantly, you will have the knowledge to create your own WordPress plugins to customize WordPress to yours and your client's needs.Learning to create WordPress plugins gives you the ability to work in many different fields implementing solutions on existing projects, or create projects of your own that extend the capabilities of WordPress. WordPress plugins can evolve to become fully fledged businesses giving you the opportunity to tap into an industry that is already established, and that continues to grow year after year.

Overview

Section 1: Introduction

Lecture 1 Introduction

Lecture 2 Exploring plugins and declaring our own plugin

Lecture 3 Addign more details to the plugin declaration

Lecture 4 Adding a menu item for the plugin settings page

Lecture 5 Adding a settings page, and introduction to WordPress security mechanisms

Lecture 6 Introduction to the Open-Meteo API

Lecture 7 Adding the settings form

Lecture 8 Processing settings form submission

Lecture 9 Saving latitude and longitude settings

Lecture 10 Introduction to WordPress shortcodes

Lecture 11 Using a shorcode to display custom content

Lecture 12 Interacting with external APIs

Lecture 13 Refactoring the shortcode callback

Lecture 14 Caching the weather data using the Transients API

Lecture 15 Scheduling events using the Cron System

Lecture 16 Cron and Transients behind the scenes

Lecture 17 Cleaning up after the plugin is deactivated

Lecture 18 Adding styles to the weather table

Lecture 19 Good Bye

Begginer programmers who want to learn how to create WordPress plugins,Experienced programmer who have no experience with WordPress,Programmer who have stayed away from the WordPress scene for some time and wish to update their knowledge