Extensible WordPress Plugins

Some hints and tips about how to make your plugins and themes more extensible to other developers so they can build on them or modify them safely.

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1. markwilkinson.me | @wpmark Extensible WordPress Plugins WordPress Cumbria – 14th October 2014 #wpcumbria
2. mark wilkinson?
3. markwilkinson.me | @wpmark father
4. markwilkinson.me | @wpmark teacher
5. markwilkinson.me | @wpmark WordPress developer
6. markwilkinson.me | @wpmark
7. markwilkinson.me | @wpmark this talk will cover what is extensibility? why should you be making extensible plugins? how to make your plugin extensible? examples of good practice
8. markwilkinson.me | @wpmark this talk will cover what is extensibility? why should you be making extensible plugins? how to make your plugin extensible? examples of good practice
9. markwilkinson.me | @wpmark this talk will cover what is extensibility? why should you be making extensible plugins? how to make your plugin extensible? examples of good practice
10. markwilkinson.me | @wpmark this talk will cover what is extensibility? why should you be making extensible plugins? how to make your plugin extensible? examples of good practice
11. markwilkinson.me | @wpmark Plugin and / or Theme
12. markwilkinson.me | @wpmark Extensible Plugins
13. markwilkinson.me | @wpmark “one that can be modified or extended without changing the plugin code itself ”
14. markwilkinson.me | @wpmark why?
15. markwilkinson.me | @wpmark https://www.flickr.com/photos/damndirty/10166197684
16. markwilkinson.me | @wpmark preserve future updatability
17. markwilkinson.me | @wpmark how?
18. markwilkinson.me | @wpmark actions & filters
19. markwilkinson.me | @wpmark do_action()
20. markwilkinson.me | @wpmark do_action( $tag, $args );
21. markwilkinson.me | @wpmark add_action()
22. markwilkinson.me | @wpmark add_action( $hook, $function, $priority, $accepted_args );
23. markwilkinson.me | @wpmark example
24. markwilkinson.me | @wpmark $q = new WP_Query( $q_args ); while( $q->have_posts() ) : $->the_post(); ?> <!-- // post output here --> <?php endwhile;
25. markwilkinson.me | @wpmark $q = new WP_Query( $q_args ); while( $q->have_posts() ) : $->the_post(); do_action( ‘wpmark_before_post’, get_the_ID() ); ?> <!-- // post output here --> <?php endwhile;
26. markwilkinson.me | @wpmark $q = new WP_Query( $q_args ); while( $q->have_posts() ) : $->the_post(); do_action( ‘wpmark_before_post’, get_the_ID() ); ?> <!-- // post output here --> <?php do_action( ‘wpmark_after_post’, get_the_ID() ); endwhile;
27. markwilkinson.me | @wpmark function wpmark_add_before_post( $post_id ) { $meta = get_post_meta( $post_id, ‘key’, true ); /* do something with $meta */ } add_action( ‘wpmark_before_post’, ‘wpmark_add_before_post’, 10, 1 );
28. markwilkinson.me | @wpmark apply_filters()
29. markwilkinson.me | @wpmark apply_filters( $tag, $value, $var );
30. markwilkinson.me | @wpmark add_filter()
31. markwilkinson.me | @wpmark add_filter( $hook, $function, $priority, $accepted_args );
32. markwilkinson.me | @wpmark example
33. markwilkinson.me | @wpmark $q_args = array( 'post_type' => ’post', 'cat' => 1 );
34. markwilkinson.me | @wpmark $q_args = apply_filters( ‘wpmark_q_args’, array( ‘post_type’ => ‘post’, ‘cat’ => 1 ) );
35. markwilkinson.me | @wpmark function wpmark_edit_q_args( $args ) { $args[ ‘year’ ] = ‘2014’; return $args; } add_filter( ‘wpmark_q_args’, ‘wpmark_edit_q_args’ 10, 1 );
36. markwilkinson.me | @wpmark conclusion
37. markwilkinson.me | @wpmark when making plugins & themes, remember to…
38. markwilkinson.me | @wpmark do_action() & apply_filters()
39. markwilkinson.me | @wpmark Thank you! Questions: @wpmark (or now!) Slides: markwilkinson.me (soon!)