Surgeon's Guide to Plugin Development

by Andy Fragen

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Triage Requirements in Mass Casualty Scenarios

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A Surgeon's Guide to Plugin Development

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Surgical Aphorisms ❖ KISS - Keep It Simple (Stupid) ❖ The enemy of good is better ❖ Should you really do that? ❖ Learn from others ❖ You are "captain of the ship"

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Keep It Simple

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The Enemy of Good Is Better

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Just Because You CAN Do Something; Doesn't Mean You SHOULD You Do Something?

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Learn the Good and the Bad

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Captain of the Ship Decisions, not options Single purpose Simple, simple, simple Scratch your own itch

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Tools of the Trade DesktopServer PHPStorm GitHub, Bitbucket, GitLab, etc. Tower - towerapp.com Google, GitHub, WordPress forums

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Scratching Your Own Itch ❖ What problem do I want to solve? ❖ Does a solution already exist? ❖ Do current solutions work for you? ❖ DIY

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Plugin Development ❖ Identify scope of project ❖ Start coding, preference to OOP ❖ Ask questions ❖ Constantly lookup and learn ❖ Core is your best reference

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Core is your friend ❖ Transients API ❖ Settings API ❖ add_action()/do_action() ❖ add_ﬁlter()/apply_ﬁlters()

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WordPress.org Plugin Repo ❖ The Events Calendar Category Colors ❖ The Events Calendar PRO Alarm ❖ The Events Calendar User CSS ❖ The Events Calendar Outlook Import Fix ❖ Add Custom Header Images

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My Goals for GitHub Updater ❖ Simple barrier to entry ❖ Work within core as much possible ❖ Update both plugins and themes

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Plugin Requirements for GitHub Updater /*  Plugin Name: GitHub Updater  Plugin URI: https://github.com/afragen/github-updater  Description: A plugin to automatically update GitHub, Bitbucket or GitLab hosted plugins and themes. It also allows for remote installation of plugins or themes into WordPress. Version: 1.0.0  Author: Andy Fragen  License: GNU General Public License v2  License URI: http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-2.0.html  Domain Path: /languages  Text Domain: github-updater  GitHub Plugin URI: https://github.com/afragen/github-updater  GitHub Branch: master  */ 

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Current State of GitHub Updater ❖ Seamless updates for plugins and themes ❖ Works in single or multisite ❖ Works with GitHub, Bitbucket, and GitLab ❖ Works with public and private repositories ❖ Changelogs, readme.txt, view details, ratings, etc. ❖ Rollback for themes ❖ Settings page ❖ Allows for remote installation of plugins or themes ❖ Branch switching/re-installation for plugins/themes ❖ Integrates with iThemes Sync and InﬁniteWP

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https://github.com/afragen/github-updater

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There's no such thing as a minor surgery; only minor surgeons.

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http://wclax.reviews/

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WhoAmI ❖ http://thefragens.com ❖ @andyfragen - Twitter ❖ https://github.com/afragen ❖ Day job, trauma/acute care surgeon ❖ Chief of Staff, Desert Regional Medical Center, Palm Springs, CA ❖ WordCamp sponsor and now speaker

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Bucket List