Professional WordPress: Design and Development

INTRODUCTION xxxiCHAPTER 1: FIRST POST 1What Is WordPress? 1Popularity of WordPress 3Content and Conversation 6Getting Started 7Finishing Up 18Summary 21CHAPTER 2: CODE OVERVIEW 23Downloading 23Directory and File Structure 25WordPress Configuration 26wp-content User Playground 40Summary 42CHAPTER 3: WORKING WITH WORDPRESS LOCALLY 43Benefits of Working Locally 43Tools for Component Administration 46Configuration Details 48Virtual Machines 56Deploying Local Changes 57Summary 59CHAPTER 4: TOUR OF THE CORE 61What's in the Core? 61Using the Core as a Reference 62WordPress Codex and Code Reference 70Don't Hack the Core! 77Summary 78CHAPTER 5: THE LOOP 79Understanding the Loop 80Template Tags 86Customizing the Loop 88Global Variables 102Working Outside the Loop 106Summary 109CHAPTER 6: DATA MANAGEMENT 111Database Schema 111Table Details 113WordPress Database Class 117Direct Database Manipulation 123Summary 126CHAPTER 7: CUSTOM POST TYPES, CUSTOM TAXONOMIES, AND METADATA 127Understanding Data in WordPress 127WordPress Taxonomy 138Building Your Own Taxonomies 140Metadata 146Community Projects 150Summary 151CHAPTER 8: PLUGIN DEVELOPMENT 153Plugin Packaging 154Plugin Security 161Know Your Hooks: Actions and Filters 166Plugin Settings 171WordPress Integration 186Creating a Plugin Example 201Publishing to the Plugin Directory 222Summary 230CHAPTER 9: THEME DEVELOPMENT 231Why Use a Theme? 231Installing a Theme 232What Is a Theme? 234CSS 234Creating Your Own Theme 235Creating Your Own Theme: Getting Started 237Creating Your Own Theme: DRY 241Creating Your Own Theme: Content Display 245Creating Your Own Theme: Additional Files 258Custom Page Templates 266Other Theme Enhancements 269Theme Hierarchy and Child Themes 275Premium Themes and Other Theme Frameworks 279Summary 281CHAPTER 10: MULTISITE 283What Is Multisite? 283Working in a Network 286Coding for Multisite 290Multisite Database Schema 312Summary 314CHAPTER 11: MIGRATING TO WORDPRESS 315Understanding the Process 316Content Identification 318Media Migration 329Moving Metadata 330Moving Authors and Users 330Theme and Presentation 331Unique Functionality 331Cleaning Up 331Launching 334WP-CLI 334Migration Example 335Summary 337CHAPTER 12: CRAFTING A USER EXPERIENCE 339User Experience Principles 339Usability and Usability Testing 346Structuring Your Information 347Getting Your Site Found 349How Web Standards Get Your Data Discovered 354Searching Your Own Site 361Mobile Access and Responsive Web Design 364Summary 367CHAPTER 13: SECURING WORDPRESS 369Securing Your WordPress Site 369Using WordPress Roles 375Recommended Security Plugins 378Summary 379CHAPTER 14: APPLICATION FRAMEWORK 381What Is an Application Framework? 381Summary 390CHAPTER 15: WORDPRESS IN THE REAL WORLD 391Is WordPress the Right Tool? 391When WordPress Is Not the Right Tool 393Defining Content Management 394Workflow and Delegation 395Workflow 396Content Organization 398Interactivity Features 404Scalability 406Statistics Counters 411Cache Management 413Load Balancing Your WordPress Site 421Dealing with Spam 423Other Content Management Systems 425Summary 427CHAPTER 16: WORDPRESS DEVELOPER COMMUNITY 429Contributing to WordPress 429Sister Projects 435Resources 436Summary 443INDEX 445