Let's Build a WordPress Plugin From Scratch - 1. Intro & Setup

Video Description

WordPress is notoriously opinionated about the way you need to code to be able to fit within it's ecosystem. Some people find WordPress development intimidating because you're essentially learning a whole new way of coding things. Even though PHP is used, WordPress uses a plethora of "hooks" (actions and filters) to allows plugin to extend core. Learning how to build a WordPress plugin from scratch is very useful for when you need some custom functionality on your website or have an awesome idea you want to make a plugin with. Whatever you want to do with your WordPress plugin, this series will show you how to build a simple WordPress plugin and hopefully teach you the fundamentals of how WordPress plugins work and, obviously, how to build your own! Access the basic WordPress theme here: https://github.com/mrdigitalau/Basic-Wordpress-Theme Join me for my new series which will be an ongoing series with potentially multiple videos posted each week.