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Custom Queries with WordPress WP_Query
WP_Query
is the heart of WordPress. It gives you a lot of control over the website content as well as holding important informations for debugging. It makes building complicated queries a lot easier by passing criteria as an associative array. Understanding WP_Query
is a must for theme developers.
Working With WordPress wpdb Object
WordPress offers an object that can be used to access data form default tables and custom tables. The $wpdb
object contains several methods to read, insert, delete and update records from tables. Let’s explore these methods in details.
How To Create WordPress Widgets
WordPress provides a great API to create and interact with widgets. Widgets are a great way to allow plugin users to build their blog sidebar easily. I will show you how to create widgets, add widget options and display it in the sidebar.
Adding Help Tabs In WordPress Plugins Pages
WordPress 3.3 introduces the ability to create custom help tabs in plugin pages. You can use these tabs for plugin documentation to allow users to quickly understand your plugin function. I will show you how to add a help tab to your plugin configuration page.
How To Add Custom Rewrite Rules In WordPress
WordPress rewrite API used to convert URLs from something programmatically convenient to something user and search engine friendly. This article will give you some background information about wordpress URL rewriting principles and API.
WordPress Options API
WordPress provides a set of functions that enable easy access to plugin options. By default wordpress and plugins options are stored in wp_options
table. Let’s explore these functions.