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Wordpress Web Application Development

Building robust web apps easily and efficiently

Publisher:Packt Publishing Limited
By: Rakhitha Nimesh Ratnayake  
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|Sep 2025
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Learn in easy stages how to rapidly build leading-edge web applications from scratch.

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    Book Description

    WordPress is one of the most rapidly expanding markets on the Web. Learning how to build complex and scalable web applications will give you the ability and knowledge to step into the future of WordPress. WordPress 4.7 introduces some exciting new improvements and several bug fixes, which further improve the entire development process.This book is a practical, scenario-based guide to expanding the power of the WordPress core modules to develop modular and maintainable real-world applications from scratch. This book consistently emphasizes adapting WordPress features into web applications. It will walk you through the advanced usages of existing features such as access controlling; database handling; custom post types; pluggable plugins; content restrictions; routing; translation; caching; and many more, while you build the backend of a forum management application.

    This book begins by explaining how to plan the development of a web application using WordPress' core features. Once the core features are explained, you will learn how to build an application by extending them through custom plugin development. Finally, you will explore advanced non-functional features and application integration.

    After reading this book, you will have the ability to develop powerful web applications rapidly within limited time frames.

    What you will learn

    • Develop extendable plugins with the use of WordPress features in core modules
    • Develop pluggable modules to extend the core features of WordPress as independent modules
    • Manage permissions for a wide range of content types in web applications based on different user types
    • Follow WordPress coding standards to develop reusable and maintainable code
    • Build and customize themes beyond conventional web layouts
    • Explore the power of core database tables and understand the limitations when designing database tables for large applications
    • Integrate open source modules into WordPress applications to keep up with the latest open source technologies
    • Customize the WordPress admin section and themes to create the look and feel of a typical web application

    Who this book is for

    Table of Contents

    1. WordPress As a Web Application Framework
    2. Implementing Membership Roles, Permissions,and Features
    3. Planning and Customizing the Core Database
    4. The Building Blocks of Web Applications
    5. Implementing Application Content Restrictions
    6. Developing Pluggable Modules
    7. Customizing the Dashboard for Powerful Backends
    8. Adjusting Themes for Amazing Frontends
    9. Enhancing the Power of Open Source Libraries and Plugins
    10. Listening to Third-party Applications
    11. Integrating and Finalizing the Forum Management Application
    12. Supplementary Modules for Web Development
    13. Appendix: Configurations, Tools, and Resources
    PDF ISBN: 978-1-78712-475-2
    Publisher: Packt Publishing Limited
    Copyright owner: © 2017 Packt Publishing Limited
    Publication date: 2025
    Language: English
    Pages: 536
    Related subjects:
    Computer sciences,
    Computer sciences, other

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