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Introduction to WordPress Plugin Development

Learn the essentials of WordPress plugin development and start writing your own plugins for fun and profit (seriously)!

Chris Reynolds - Pluralsight course - Introduction to WordPress Plugin Development
Chris Reynolds
What you'll learn

WordPress plugin development is easier than it looks. In this course I’ll talk about why you might want to create a plugin in the first place, how to make use of built in WordPress functions to make your job easier, and what to do with your plugin once it’s written.

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Chris Reynolds - Pluralsight course - Introduction to WordPress Plugin Development
Chris Reynolds

Chris is a freelance WordPress theme and plugin developer, one half of the design studio Arcane Palette Creative Design, lead developer of WordPress theme shop Museum Themes and Project Manager for the event management plugin Event Espresso. In his free time, he makes electronic music.

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