WordPress Development Best Practices

WordPress Mansura User Group - January 2018 - @NabeelMolham

https://www.meetup.com/Mansoura-WordPress-User-Group/ 

Agenda

1. What is WordPress exactly?!
2. Development Philosophy
3. General Best Practices
4. Q&A

What is WordPress exactly?!

• Mainly a type of CMS
• it's a framework underneath
• But not abstract, ex: Laravel
• Default behavior is a Blog
• End-User comes first all the time
• By the end, it's just a tool!

Development Philosophy

• Simplicity is the key
• Freedom / No Restrictions
• Clean, Lean, and Mean
• Dynamic Content
• Extendable
• You have Full Control
• But be careful!!

General Best Practices

• Plugin Handbook / Best Practices
• Theme Handbook
• Hooks (Actions & Filters)
• Localization (i18n)
• Explore WordPress Codebase
• Explore other plugins/themes code
• Always use multiple resources

Q & A

Code Examples: https://github.com/N-Molham/wp-meetup-jan-2018

Thank You!