Plugin Architecture
Lab: Let’s Build a Blog Intro Custom Plugin
Video Runtime: 04:59
Let’s talk about the architecture and intent. While you could build a home.php or page_blog.php template, this plugin is portable and modular. It allows you to move it from project-to-project without having to change the theme. It uses the built-in WordPress editor, which your client is used to using. We are not using a widget because widgets are cumbersome for clients. A widget does not have the editor interface. It’s not as intuitive for the site owner to figure out where to put content when you use widgets instead of the page itself.
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Episodes
Total Lab Runtime: 02:56:19
- 1 Lab Introductionfree 03:25
- 2 Plugin Architecturefree 04:59
- 3 Convert the Basic WordPress Plugin into a Blog Intro Pluginbasic 11:46
- 4 Turn on the Editorbasic 12:47
- 5 How Does WordPress Turn off the Editor?pro 12:00
- 6 Locating Where to Insert the Content in Your Themebasic 07:34
- 7 Genesis Posts Page Archivepro 09:39
- 8 Genesis Before Loop Event genesis_before_looppro 05:11
- 9 Render (Display) the Contentsbasic 06:01
- 10 How to Ensure It's Posts Page?basic 12:05
- 11 Let's Look in Core at is_homepro 11:41
- 12 Refactor Getting the Posts Pagebasic 08:58
- 13 Let's Look in Core at get_post - Part 1pro 13:42
- 14 Let's Look in Core at get_post - Part 2pro 04:10
- 15 Sanitize the Contentspro 10:14
- 16 Sanitize with get_postpro 10:56
- 17 Prepare the Contents for the Browserbasic 05:18
- 18 Building the HTML View Filebasic 09:32
- 19 Master Tip: Why Use a View?pro 05:01
- 20 Remove Genesis Page Titlebasic 05:12
- 21 Master Tip: How Did I Know to Use after_theme_setup?pro 02:37
- 22 Wrap it Upfree 03:31
