Introduction to WordPress development

This book is intended for beginner WordPress developers and site owners who want to build custom websites with WordPress. We dive into developing solutions with WordPress, it's important to understand what exactly development is, and the areas involved. There are many people who call themselves WordPress developers and yet haven't done anything beyond changing some theme designs and using the theme functions file. WordPress development can range from simple theme design changes to building a complex web application.

Here are the components involved in WordPress development:

  • Theme functions file: The first technique you encounter when getting started with development. Usually, we can add small code snippets ...

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