wordcamp syd 2014: a minimalist's guide to wordpress plugin development

Hi, my name isFrankie Jarrett

from St. Joseph, MO USA

I’m a WordPress developer & entrepreneur.

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MINIMALIST

PLUGIN DEV

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Frankie, I want to writea WordPress plugin but...

it’s too hard.

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Frankie, I want to writea WordPress plugin but...

I don’t know where to start.

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PLUGINS

DON’T HAVE TO BE

COMPLICATED Minimalist Plugin Development

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The Pragmatic Programmer

by Dave Thomas and Andy Hunt

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LEARN ABOUT HOOKS

http://codex.wordpress.org/Plugin_API/Action_Reference

http://codex.wordpress.org/Plugin_API/Filter_Reference

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ACTIONS:Firing code at

certain points in time

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FILTERS:Changing the

value of something

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LET’S

WRITE A PLUGIN

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