WordPress is much more than a blogging platform. As this practical guide clearly demonstrates, you can use WordPress to build web apps of any type—not mere content sites, but full-blown apps for specific tasks. If you have PHP experience with a smattering of HTML, CSS, and JavaScript, you’ll learn how to use WordPress plugins and themes to develop fast, scalable, and secure web apps, native mobile apps, web services, and even a network of multiple WordPress sites. The authors use examples from their recently released SchoolPress app to explain concepts and techniques throughout the book. All code examples are available on GitHub. Compare WordPress with traditional app development frameworks Use themes for views, and plugins for backend functionality Get suggestions for choosing WordPress plugins—or build your own Manage user accounts and roles, and access user data Build asynchronous behaviors in your app with jQuery Develop native apps for iOS and Android, using wrappers Incorporate PHP libraries, external APIs, and web service plugins Collect payments through ecommerce and membership plugins Use techniques to speed up and scale your WordPress app
WordPress is much more than a blogging platform. As this practical guide clearly demonstrates, you can use WordPress to build web apps of any type-not mere content sites, but full-blown apps for specific tasks.
This book begins by explaining how to plan the development of a web application using WordPress' core features.
This is a practical step-by-step tutorial.
An extensive, practical guide that explains how to adapt WordPress features, both conventional and trending, for web applications.This book is intended for WordPress developers and designers who have the desire to go beyond conventional ...
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A practical tutorial to get you up and running with the revolutionary WordPress REST API About This Book Learn how to run the latest WordPress REST API with various platforms Create exciting apps and manage non-WordPress content with them ...
Actionable solutions to common problems when building websites with WordPress Rakhitha Nimesh Ratnayake ... In a site where several people are involved in the process of publishing a post, it's important to have proper communication ...
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As you learn, you’ll be working with real WordPress files: The book’s website provides pre-fab WordPress themes to download and work with as you follow along with the text.
Launch yourself headfirst into WordPress theme development.