Collapsible Content Plugin with OOP – Part 4

The best way to learn OOP is to build convert something that you already know from procedural to OOP. That will make the thought processes and methodologies more relatable for you. In Part 4, you will convert the Collapsible Content Plugin from procedural to Object Oriented Programming (OOP).

What You Will Learn

In this hands-on lab, you are going to learn the basics of OOP by converting a procedural plugin.

Prerequisites

In order to do this hands-on, will need to complete the first three parts of this series as well as the PHP OOP labs.

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Making the Collapsible Content Plugin Reusable - Part 3

One of our jobs is to build quality code that is reusable again and again without changing the codebase. Ideally, we'd like to configure what's different and have the codebase the same for all of our projects. In Part 3, you will convert the Collapsible Content plugin into the ModularConfiguration design pattern by moving all runtime configurable parameters into configuration files Then the codebase will be made reusable. The actual implementation then is determined by the configuration file that's loaded. This approach will save you time.

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Introduction to PHP Object-Oriented Programming (OOP) for WordPress

Object-oriented programming (OOP) seeks to emulate real objects through code. In life, objects have both characteristics, those attributes that define it, and behavior. OOP is a completely different approach to programming than procedural. As such, its actual implementation is often misapplied and misunderstood. In this hands-on lab, you will get an introduction to OOP. You'll explore how to implement it for your WordPress plugins and theme.

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PHP OOP and WordPress Hooks Basics

Registering and unregistering WordPress hook callbacks is different with PHP objects. In this hands-on lab, you'll learn the syntax, why it's different, how to register and unregister, as well as strategies to work with other plugins.

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What to Do Next?

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Internationalizing the Collapsible Content Plugin – Part 5

You built a custom WordPress plugin. You used the internationalization functionality from WordPress. But now you want to go to the next step to prepare your plugin for the market. It's time dive deep into translations and internationalization. In this lab, you will translate the Collapsible Content Plugin using Poedit, generate the files, and then validate.

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Check out the series page for more labs: Collapsible Content Plugin Series – WordPress Plugin Development A-Z