Summary
We began this chapter by exploring the importance and architecture of WordPress plugins. In previous chapters, we developed standalone plugins to cater to application-specific requirements. Here, we identified the importance of creating reusable plugins by categorizing such plugins into three types called reusable libraries, extensible plugins, and pluggable plugins.
While building these plugins, we learned the use of actions, filters, and pluggable functions within WordPress. Integration of the media uploader was very important for web applications, which works with file-related functionalities.
In Chapter 6, Customizing the Dashboard for Powerful Backends, we are going to master the use of the WordPress admin section to build highly customizable ...
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