In this tutorial we will write a plugin to set, for each post of our blog, an image and a short summary that will be shown on Facebook every time a post is shared. To do this, we will use two WordPress core features: a Featured Image for the image preview and the Post Excerpt for the description.
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About two months ago Matt Mullenweg (the man behind WordPress) posted an update on the WordPress Developer’s blog, that plugin developers will now be able to add custom header images to their plugins’ pages. This initiative was appreciated a lot for providing plugin authors with more control over their plugins. Today, I will tell you how to add a custom header image to your WordPress plugin and what the advantages are of adding it.
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With the imminent announcement of the iPad 3, there’s little doubt that we’ve entered the Post-PC age. These devices are often touted as being more about the consumption of media than its creation, but as they become more and more powerful, even this line is becoming blurred. Let’s review the viability of coding for WordPress on an iPad.
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In my last article, we learned a new way to use Bitly URLs in WordPress. In most of these cases we usually edit our functions.php file. Today we’ll learn a new method for how we can keep our functions.php file nice and clean by using a modular approach.
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prettyPhoto is a lightbox plugin made by Stéphane Caron. Today we’re going to learn how to ship the plugin with your WordPress themes.
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In this tutorial, I’ll walk you through the steps of setting up a widget, its settings form, and displaying it on your site. At the end of the tutorial, you can download an example plugin to build from. Of course, you can apply this to your themes as well.
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We’ve been talking a lot about “Best Practices” here on Wptuts lately. Today, we’ll cover some important best practices for creating a WordPress plugin. From security tips to namespacing tricks, follow these rules and you’ll do no wrong. Whether you’re a budding new plugin developer or a time-tested veteran, these simple rules and suggestions will make you a better developer (and the community will thank you for it!)
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WordPress’s Widget API makes building widgets for WordPress a breeze. With four simple yet powerful functions, you can generate a lovely little form for the user, grab whatever the user enters, store that information, and use it elsewhere to generate some awesome code.
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Today we’re going to go over user permissions within the scope of your plugin. Specifically, I’ll discuss what you should be using to determine who can see the various admin menus of your plugin.
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In this tutorial, you’ll learn how to create a plugin that uses Google’s Static Maps API to display a map. We’ll also look at the differences between enclosed and non-enclosed shortcodes.
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