Get Involved with WordPress
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1) WordPress is an open source content management system (CMS) that can be used to build websites and blogs. It exists in two versions - WordPress.org which is open source and customizable, and WordPress.com which is hosted for free but with limited customization options. 2) The presentation discusses how to get involved with WordPress by creating themes and plugins, and participating in the large WordPress community through forums, contributing code, and attending events. 3) Businesses can also make money through WordPress by creating and selling popular plugins and themes, hiring out WordPress development services, or hosting private WordPress sites.
Get Involved with WordPress
- 1. Get Involved in WordPress Mario Peshev @no_fear_inc WordPress Engineer DevWP.eu
- 2. Agenda • What is WordPress? • Extending the surface • Create a theme • Create a plugin • Community • Business
- 3. Mario Peshev • WordPress Engineer and Consultant • DevirX CTO • @no_fear_inc • Trainer and consultant • WPBGUG organizer • Java/PHP/Python background
- 5. .org vs .com WordPress.org WordPress.com • SaaS • Automattic, Inc. • Fairly limited • Hosted for free • A set of predefined extensions • Open Source product • WordPress Foundation • Fully customizable • Requires a hosting • Unlimited themes/plugins
- 6. Background • Started as a blogging platform from Matt Mullenweg and Mike Little • Rapidly developing as a mature CMS • Open Source Guaranteed by WordPress Foundation • Contribution is open for everyone • Transparent communication • Ran by large magazines, government structures and different services (link)
- 7. Some Numbers • 72M websites • 20%+ of the US websites in 2011 are built on the top of WordPress • 40 official translations • 500 000 new posts daily on WordPress.com • $50/h average rate for WordPress projects • Infographic by Yoast
- 8. Prerequisites • Apache • PHP • MySQL • Basic HTML/CSS/PHP/JavaScript knowledge
- 9. Available Functionality • Posts/Pages and Custom Post Types • Custom Fields • Categories and Custom Taxonomies • Basic User Management
- 10. Add-on Gems • Types/Views • S2Member/Members • WooCommerce • Gravity Forms
- 11. Toolset
- 12. S2Member
- 13. WooCommerce
- 14. Gravity Forms
- 17. Creating a theme 1 • Add a new folder in wp-content/themes/ • Add blank index.php and style.css files • On the top of style.css: • <?php /* Theme Name: Our Blank Theme Theme URI: http://example.org Author: ourwporgusername Description: Some theme description */
- 18. Creating a theme 2 • <html> <head>...</head> <body> <div class="container"> <?php while( have_posts() ): the_post(); ?> <div class="item"> <h1><a href="<?php the_permalink(); ?>"><?php the_title(); ?></a></h1> <?php if( is_single() ): ?> <div><?php the_content();?></div> <?php endif; ?> </div> <?php endwhile; ?> </div> </body> </html> • Видео: Теми за WordPress (Марио Пешев)
- 20. Creating a plugin 1 • Create a folder in wp-content/plugins • Create the base PHP file for your plugin • Add the main header snippet: • <?php /** Plugin Name: Our blank plugin Description: Some text for the plugins screen Plugin URI: https://example.org Author: ourwporguser */
- 21. Creating a plugin 2 • add_filter( 'the_content', 'dx_append_footer' ); function dx_append_footer( $content ) { $footer = '<div>Powered by Our Blank Plugin!</div>'; return $content . $footer; } add_action( 'wp_footer', 'dx_footer_copyright' ); function dx_footer_copyright() { echo "<div>All rights reserved to National Space, Sofia</div>"; } • Writing a Plugin via WPORG
- 28. Business – oDesk
- 30. Questions? Tweets as @no_fear_inc Mario Peshev on LinkedIn nofearinc on WordPress.org GitHubering via mpeshev DevWP.eu - blog