lwp-books

Resources

• https://learn.wordpress.org/course/beginner-wordpress-developer/

Week 1

Local Development Tools

• https://ddev.com/
• https://laragon.org/
• https://localwp.com/
• https://herd.laravel.com/
• https://www.wampserver.com/en/
• https://www.jetbrains.com/resources/eap/

Database Tools

• https://tableplus.com/
• https://wordpress.org/plugins/sql-buddy/
• https://dbngin.com/

VS Code Extensions

• https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=chrisrhymes.gutenburg-comment-highlight
• https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=WordPressPlayground.wordpress-playground
• https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=bmewburn.vscode-intelephense-client
• https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=matthiashunt.wordpress-syntax-highlighter
• https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=closemarketing.wp-development-toolbox
• https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=Codeium.codeium
• https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=MehediDracula.php-namespace-resolver

Blog posts and articles

• https://medium.com/nerd-for-tech/docker-in-a-nutshell-but-it-works-on-my-machine-well-then-lets-ship-your-machine-81c6df27ade5
• https://jonathanbossenger.com/the-state-of-wordpress-developer-tools-survey-results/

Week 2

WordPress Development Best Practices

• https://engineering.hmn.md/standards/structure/#plugin-structure
• https://github.com/10up/Engineering-Best-Practices
• https://docs.wpvip.com/development-workflow/
• https://semver.org/

WordPress Plugin Development Tools

• https://wordpress.org/plugins/plugin-check/
• https://wordpress.org/plugins/query-monitor/
• https://wordpress.org/plugins/debug-bar/
• https://github.com/hlashbrooke/WordPress-Plugin-Template
• https://wppb.me/
• https://chromewebstore.google.com/detail/open-in-wordpress-playgro/khfpfafeepbfdhggfoalfmbhkmjkolmo

Week 3

WordPress Functions

• https://learn.wordpress.org/lesson/wordpress-hooks/
• https://learn.wordpress.org/lesson/action-hooks/
• https://learn.wordpress.org/lesson/filter-hooks/
• https://learn.wordpress.org/lesson/working-with-hooks/
• https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/functions/do_action/
• https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/functions/apply_filters/
• https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/functions/doing_action/
• https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/functions/did_action/
• https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/functions/did_filter/
• https://knowthecode.io/add-action-before-function

Hooks code examples

• https://gist.github.com/laxmariappan/3ee0629f4c3eb1e0a5f4aa1947b312fd
• https://gist.github.com/laxmariappan/f30aab48897fe219c1b249b352eac91f
• https://gist.github.com/laxmariappan/5d336433b09c5d0b4010de466aa6355b

Week 4

Code example

• https://gist.github.com/laxmariappan/89509995ae7c08c3f6ec4e799b793313

Resources

• https://make.wordpress.org/core/2024/10/21/block-bindings-improvements-to-the-editor-experience-in-6-7/
• https://github.com/WordPress/Learn/issues/2044
• https://developer.wordpress.org/plugins/creating-tables-with-plugins/
• https://developer.wordpress.org/apis/hooks/action-reference/
• https://developer.wordpress.org/apis/hooks/filter-reference/
• https://developer.wordpress.org/advanced-administration/plugins/mu-plugins/
• https://pippinsplugins.com/series/building-a-database-abstraction-layer/

Week 5

Code example

• https://gist.github.com/laxmariappan/5b9363f54641070d9b36e85d77da08d2

Resources

• https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/functions/flush_rewrite_rules/
• https://developer.wordpress.org/coding-standards/wordpress-coding-standards/
• https://github.com/WordPress/WordPress-Coding-Standards
• https://github.com/jesusyesares/learnwpplug

Week 6

Code example

• https://github.com/laxmariappan/lwp-books

Resources

• https://developer.wordpress.org/plugins/plugin-basics/best-practices/#procedural-coding-method
• https://www.unserialize.com/

Contributing to WP Training team

• https://wordpress.org/support/forum/wp-advanced/
• https://make.wordpress.org/training/2024/12/05/proposal-segmenting-learning-pathway-courses-for-better-engagement/
• https://make.wordpress.org/training
• https://github.com/WordPress/Learn/issues/2044