The highly praised resource returns with updated content, examples, and code downloads

WordPress is the most popular self-hosted open source website software in use today, and the latest version makes it even simpler to operate. Packed with real-world examples for load balancing and multiusers, this esteemed resource replaces some of the more basic material with more advanced content. Every single chapter has been reworked to provide the most current and proper methods for developing and designing in WordPress. Coverage of HTML5, CSS3, and JavaScript and new chapters on custom post types, custom taxonomies, Multisite, and extensions of themes bring the content of this book completely up-to-date and provides you with all you need to deploy successful WordPress sites.

• Offers an overview of the WordPress system and describes what happens when a WordPress-generated web page is displayed
• Demonstrates extending WordPress through plugins and customizing it via themes
• Combines a developer view of user experience and optimization with the deployment requirements for performance, security, and measurement
• Includes code downloads and code samples from the book’s website

An in-depth look at the internals of the WordPress system. As the most popular blogging and content management platform available today, WordPress is a powerful tool. This exciting book goes beyond the basics and delves into the heart of the WordPress system, offering overviews of the functional aspects of WordPress as well as plug-in and theme development.

What is covered in this book?

• WordPress as a Content Management System
• Hosting Options
• Installing WordPress Files
• Database Configuration
• Dashboard Widgets
• Customizing the Dashboard
• Creating and Managing Content
• Categorizing Your Content
• Working with Media
• Comments and Discussion
• Working with Users
• Managing, Adding, Upgrading, and Using the Theme Editor
• Working with Widgets
• Adding and Managing New Plugins
• Configuring WordPress
• Exploring the Code
• Configuring Key Files
• wp-config.php file
• Advanced wp-config Options
• What’s in the Core?
• WordPress Codex and Resources
• Understanding and customizing the Loop
• Building A Custom Query
• Complex Database Operations
• Dealing With Errors
• Direct Database Manipulation
• Building Your Own Taxonomies
• Plugin Packaging
• Create a Dashboard Widget
• Creating a Plugin Example
• Publish to the Plugin Directory
• Installing a Theme
• Creating Your Own Theme
• How and When to Use Custom Page Templates
• How to Use Custom Page Templates
• Pushing Content from WordPress to Other Sites
• Usability and Usability Testing
• Getting Your Site Found
• How Web Standards Get Your Data Discovered
• Load Balancing Your WordPress Site
• Securing Your WordPress Site
• Using WordPress in the Enterprise
• Is WordPress Right for Your Enterprise?
• and much more!

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