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WordPress

WordPress - Getting Started

• WordPress - WordPress overview
• WordPress - Installing and configuring WordPress
• WordPress - Comparing WordPress 3.0 with previous versions
• WordPress - Setting up a PHP WordPress development environment

WordPress - Understanding WordPress Plugin Basics

• WordPress - Exploring WordPress plugins
• WordPress - Administering plugins from the WordPress admin
• WordPress - Exploring where plugins reside
• WordPress - Introduction to hooks

WordPress - Building a WordPress Plugin

• WordPress - Creating the plugin PHP file(s)
• WordPress - More on hooks Actions and filters
• WordPress - Installation and activation
• WordPress - Writing activation code
• WordPress - Writing an action
• WordPress - Writing a filter
• WordPress - About pluggable functions
• WordPress - Writing a pluggable function
• WordPress - Using template tags
• WordPress - Introducing shortcode

WordPress - Using and Creating WordPress Widgets

• WordPress - Widgets and the WordPress Widgets SubPanel
• WordPress - Comparing widgets and plugins
• WordPress - Using and customizing built-in widgets
• WordPress - Creating a new widget
• WordPress - Writing the constructor and registering widgets
• WordPress - Enabling configuration of widgets

WordPress - Plugin Options and Administration

• WordPress - Creating an admin interface
• WordPress - Saving data to the database
• WordPress - Securing form submission with nonces
• WordPress - Options editing post-WordPress 2.7
• WordPress - Integrating with the WordPress admin menus
• WordPress - WordPress admin dashboard API
• WordPress - Using existing options and option editing pages in WordPress
• WordPress - Using jQuery and AJAX for administration

WordPress - Using the WordPress Database

• WordPress - Accessing the WordPress database
• WordPress - Using the built-in schema
• WordPress - Accessing data using $wpdb
• WordPress - Creating new tables
• WordPress - Inserting data

WordPress - The Loop, Posts, and Pages

• WordPress - Introducing the Loop
• WordPress - Using WP_Query()
• WordPress - Custom filtering and sticky posts
• WordPress - Using jQuery and AJAX for posts and pages

WordPress - The WordPress Plugin Lifecycle

• WordPress - Registering and promoting plugins
• WordPress - Creating an uninstall function
• WordPress - Backward compatibility issues

WordPress - Security and Extensibility

• WordPress - Understanding security issues
• WordPress - Internationalizing your plugin