(Udemy) Creating WordPress Plugins The Right Way (Marcelo Xavier Vieira)

About Course

Learn how to create WordPress plugins with this comprehensive course from Udemy. Taught by experienced developer Marcelo Xavier Vieira, this course will guide you through the process of building powerful and effective plugins using native WordPress tools.

This course is designed for programmers, web developers, and designers who want to enhance their WordPress skills. It will teach you how to:

Use WordPress action hooks and filters to control plugin behavior
Structure projects with PHP classes and objects
Utilize native WordPress APIs for plugin creation
Create custom post types, taxonomies, menus, and widgets
Manage plugin stylesheets and JavaScript
Install, deactivate, and uninstall plugins
Control plugin templates and create template override systems
Develop theme support for your plugin
Manage custom tables for your plugin using the $wpdb class
Enable user data submission and create user accounts
Ensure plugin security with nonces, escaping, validation, and sanitization
Create translatable plugins for international audiences

This course includes three projects: a dynamic slideshow plugin, a testimonial plugin, and a complex plugin utilizing custom tables. You’ll gain hands-on experience with essential WordPress concepts and best practices. This course is completely free and available on Theetay.

Course Content

Introduction

A Message from the Professor
Introduction

09:55
General Instructions (MUST WATCH)

08:04

Before You Begin

Project #1 – MV Slider

Getting to know the MV Slider plugin project

08:07
Structuring the plugin

12:47
Plugins with classes Vs Plugins without classes

07:26
Defining constants

04:23
Activate deactivate and uninstall methods

09:59
Creating the custom post type (CPT) for the plugin – part 1

08:24
Creating the custom post type (CPT) for the plugin – part 2

20:58
Metabox API – What are metaboxes

08:51
Metabox API – Adding metaboxes

08:01
Metabox API – Creating forms for the metabox

03:57
Metabox API – Saving metabox’s data

12:57
Metabox API – Validating and sanitizing data

09:59
Metabox API – Escaping data

09:12
Metabox API – Nonces and other validations

09:56
Metabox API – Adding values to the post type table

11:15
Adding menus to admin (part 1)

11:14
Adding menus to admin (part 2)

07:54
Settings + Options API – Introduction

04:35
Settings + Options API – Creating the form

05:50
Settings + Options API – Adding sections and fields (part 1)

11:19
Settings + Options API – Adding sections and fields (part 2)

06:31
Settings + Options API – Adding sections and fields (part 3)

15:47
Settings + Options API – Passing arguments to the created fields

06:46
Settings + Options API – Validating fields

08:12
Settings + Options API – Managing permissions and error messages

07:09
Settings + Options API – Splitting sections into tabs

08:04
Shortcode API – Introduction

03:42
Shortcode API – Creating the shortcode class

10:17
Shortcode API – Downloading Flexslider’s base files

05:15
Shortcode API – Creating the shortcode’s view (part 1)

09:21
Shortcode API – Creating the shortcode’s view (part 2)

09:49
Shortcode API – Creating the shortcode’s view (part 3)

07:51
Shortcode API – Registering and enqueuing scripts( part 1)

10:56
Shortcode API – Registering and enqueuing scripts( part 2)

05:29
Shortcode API – Making some options dynamic ( part 1)

05:06
Shortcode API – Making some options dynamic ( part 2)

02:35
Shortcode API – Making some options dynamic ( part 3)

16:24
Translating the plugin (part 1)

05:36
Translating the plugin (part 2)

07:57
Translating the plugin (part 3)

09:33
Translating the plugin (part 4)

06:04
Translating the plugin (part 5)

05:20
Translating the plugin (part 6)

08:31
Uninstalling the plugin

11:59

Project #2 – MV Testimonials

Getting to know the MV Testimonials plugin project

06:57
Creating the custom post type (CPT) for the plugin

08:43
Creating custom fields with the Metabox API (part 1)

06:10
Creating custom fields with the Metabox API (part 2)

10:08
Widget API – Introduction

07:05
Widget API – Creating the widget’s class

09:52
Widget API – Creating the widget’s form

11:43
Widgets API – Saving widgets configuration data

08:12
Widgets API – Displaying the widget on the frontend (part 1)

05:48
Widgets API – Displaying the widget on the frontend (part 2)

11:50
Widgets API – Displaying the widget on the frontend (part 3)

03:53
Creating special templates for the plugin (part 1)

09:03
Creating special templates for the plugin (part 2)

11:40
Creating special templates for the plugin (part 3)

12:03
Creating special templates for the plugin (part 4)

11:41
Translating the plugin

04:26
Uninstalling the plugin

03:05

Project #3 – MV Translations

Getting to know the MV Translations plugin project

12:59
Advantages and disadvantages of custom tables

06:47
The $wpdb class – Creating a custom table

14:08
The $wpdb class – Creating pages upon plugin installation

10:31
Creating the CPT and the plugin’s taxonomy

18:08
The $wpdb class – Registering the table for use

08:56
The $wpdb class – Selecting data with the get_results method

11:35
The $wpdb class – Inserting data using the insert method

16:03
The $wpdb class – Updating data using the update method

08:41
The $wpdb class – Deleting data using the delete method

06:45
Creating the class for the first shortcode

06:35
Creating the view for the shortcode (part 1)

07:50
Creating the view for the shortcode (part 2)

08:16
Creating the view for the shortcode (part 3)

09:00
Creating the view for the shortcode (part 4)

06:14
Creating the view for the shortcode (part 5)

04:39
Creating the view for the shortcode (part 6)

14:02
Creating the view for the shortcode (part 7)

13:36
Creating the view for the shortcode (part 8)

09:31
Creating the view for the shortcode (part 9)

16:44
Creating the view for the edit shortcode (part 1)

12:45
Creating the view for the edit shortcode (part 2)

10:50
Creating a specialized template for the plugin (part 1)

10:43
Creating a specialized template for the plugin (part 2)

14:30
Displaying the author’s translations in the author’s archive

04:34
Translating the plugin

03:12
Uninstalling the plugin

06:05

Conclusion

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About Course

What Will You Learn?

Course Content

Introduction

A Message from the Professor

Introduction

General Instructions (MUST WATCH)

Before You Begin

Initial tips on tools used in this course

What are action and filter hooks

Action Hooks

Filters

Project #1 – MV Slider

Getting to know the MV Slider plugin project

Structuring the plugin

Plugins with classes Vs Plugins without classes

Defining constants

Activate deactivate and uninstall methods

Creating the custom post type (CPT) for the plugin – part 1

Creating the custom post type (CPT) for the plugin – part 2

Metabox API – What are metaboxes

Metabox API – Adding metaboxes

Metabox API – Creating forms for the metabox

Metabox API – Saving metabox’s data

Metabox API – Validating and sanitizing data

Metabox API – Escaping data

Metabox API – Nonces and other validations

Metabox API – Adding values to the post type table

Adding menus to admin (part 1)

Adding menus to admin (part 2)

Settings + Options API – Introduction

Settings + Options API – Creating the form

Settings + Options API – Adding sections and fields (part 1)

Settings + Options API – Adding sections and fields (part 2)

Settings + Options API – Adding sections and fields (part 3)

Settings + Options API – Passing arguments to the created fields

Settings + Options API – Validating fields

Settings + Options API – Managing permissions and error messages

Settings + Options API – Splitting sections into tabs

Shortcode API – Introduction

Shortcode API – Creating the shortcode class

Shortcode API – Downloading Flexslider’s base files

Shortcode API – Creating the shortcode’s view (part 1)

Shortcode API – Creating the shortcode’s view (part 2)

Shortcode API – Creating the shortcode’s view (part 3)

Shortcode API – Registering and enqueuing scripts( part 1)

Shortcode API – Registering and enqueuing scripts( part 2)

Shortcode API – Making some options dynamic ( part 1)

Shortcode API – Making some options dynamic ( part 2)

Shortcode API – Making some options dynamic ( part 3)

Translating the plugin (part 1)

Translating the plugin (part 2)

Translating the plugin (part 3)

Translating the plugin (part 4)

Translating the plugin (part 5)

Translating the plugin (part 6)

Uninstalling the plugin

Project #2 – MV Testimonials

Getting to know the MV Testimonials plugin project

Creating the custom post type (CPT) for the plugin

Creating custom fields with the Metabox API (part 1)

Creating custom fields with the Metabox API (part 2)

Widget API – Introduction

Widget API – Creating the widget’s class

Widget API – Creating the widget’s form

Widgets API – Saving widgets configuration data

Widgets API – Displaying the widget on the frontend (part 1)

Widgets API – Displaying the widget on the frontend (part 2)

Widgets API – Displaying the widget on the frontend (part 3)

Creating special templates for the plugin (part 1)

Creating special templates for the plugin (part 2)

Creating special templates for the plugin (part 3)

Creating special templates for the plugin (part 4)

Translating the plugin

Uninstalling the plugin

Project #3 – MV Translations

Getting to know the MV Translations plugin project

Advantages and disadvantages of custom tables

The $wpdb class – Creating a custom table

The $wpdb class – Creating pages upon plugin installation