Previous edition: 2011

Chapter 1. An introduction to Plugins -- Chapter 2. Plugin framework -- Chapter 3. Dashboard and settings -- Chapter 4. Security and performance -- Chatper 5. Hooks -- Chapter 6. JavaScript -- Chapter 7. Blocks and gutenberg -- Chapter 8. Content -- Chapter 9. Users and user data -- Chapter 10. Scheduled tasks -- Chapter 11. Internationalization -- Chatper 12. Rest API -- Chapter 13. Multisite -- Chapter 14. The kitchen sink -- Chapter 15. Debugging -- Chapter 16. The developer toolbox

"This significantly updated edition of Professional WordPress Plugin Development addresses modern plugin development for WordPress, the highly popular content management system (CMS). If you're using WordPress to create and manage websites, WordPress plugins are the software that can extend or enhance CMS functionality. This book offers guidance on writing plugins for WordPress sites to share or sell to other users. The second edition of Professional WordPress Plugin Development covers the building of advanced plugin development scenarios. It discusses the plugin framework and coding standards as well as dashboards, settings, menus, and related application programming interfaces (APIs). Additional topics include security, performance, data validation, and SQL statements." -- Provided by publisher

Includes index