WordPress is notoriously opinionated about the way you need to code to be able to fit within it’s ecosystem. Some people find WordPress development intimidating because you’re essentially learning a whole new way of coding things. Even though PHP is used, WordPress uses a plethora of “hooks” (actions and filters) to allows plugin to extend core.
Learning how to build a WordPress plugin from scratch is very useful for when you need some custom functionality on your website or have an awesome idea you want to make a plugin with. Whatever you want to do with your WordPress plugin, this series will show you how to build a simple WordPress plugin and hopefully teach you the fundamentals of how WordPress plugins work and, obviously, how to build your own!
Access the basic WordPress theme here: https://github.com/mrdigitalau/Basic-Wordpress-Theme
Join me for my new series which will be an ongoing series with potentially multiple videos posted each week.