I want to develop WordPress themes and plugins. What do I need to know to do this?
I have knowledge of PHP, HTML, CSS and JavaScript. I have developed a few projects using these. What is the best place to start (except Codex), is there any book? Where can I know how the core of WordPress works?
Check out this neat infographic for a good introduction to the anatomy of a wordpress theme.
http://yoast.com/wordpress-theme-anatomy/
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For Plugins:
There are two places where you can code for plugin in Wordpress.
1. functions.php
2. Create a folder in plugins folder, inside that folder. Create a blank .php file, and code there.
For Themes:
As you asked for learning wordpress themes. Go to themes folder, try to get the structure and flow of wordpress default themes.
You've to code within themes folder.
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I am currently working on a wordpress site, and the folders are just such a mess, that I want to clean them up and make it a bit more bearable to look at. The site uses multiple plugins, and the main site is in a folder inside the httpdocs folder, which makes me wonder if the plugins will cause any problems by moving the site to the root.
Anyone that knows the answer to this?
Wordpress uses a standard structure for plugins and themes. While these may be overwritten, it is not recommended to do so.
If you really wanna do so, you could take a look at this https://codex.wordpress.org/Editing_wp-config.php#Moving_wp-content_folder for reference, and move it around. Remember that the plugin may use wordpress hooks and filters for adding their own CSS/JS, and thus moving the folder out of the web-directory will make these unavailable, and break the plugin functionality.
I already designed a layout, see the picture below.
I want to integrate Wordpress into my layout, I downloaded Wordpress and already installed it: I put the wordpress folder inside XAMPP's htdocs. My website folder is studentportal.com.
I don't know how to start, I don't have any ideas to integrate Wordpress to my own customized site. I'm new to HTML, CSS, PHP, SQL, and Wordpress.
After installing the wordpress(should mention db name password etc when it's asked or should customise wp-config file in your wordpress folder), you will be able to access the backend of your website through the www.yourdomain.com/wp-admin
There are different ways to create pages and posts(where we enter the data). So it's better to go through wordpress tutorials. I can help you by providing a tutorial file, from which I studied the wordpress(mail me, if it's required: vivek.kjk#gmail.com). There are many sites which provide the tutorials for wordpress. Just try Googling, you will find a good one for sure. So that you can learn the basics of wordpress. Good Luck :)
If I understand correctly you want to make a wordpress website with your layout.
You have to create a own Theme with your layout files
You have to change the name of your wordpress folder to studentportal.com
I have gone through Yii documentation and successfully implemented two different themes for back end and front end of the website. Yii doesnt have good themes and I found themeforest having awesome bootstrap themes. So I installed Yii-booster and downloaded a themeforest theme with bootstrap support.
I was wondering how to integrate it?
1)Do I have to make a new folder in themes folder, and replace css,js, images folder in root
directory
OR
2)Replace the js,css and other folder/files at path protected/extensions/bootstrap/assets
OR
3) Any other way ??
Apply a simple logic. Just copy the theme and make particular layout ,then call the layout in the controllers according to your need.
I am working for a client right now that is wanting me to author a wordpress plugin for them, and on top of that they want me to integrate it into their template as a feature. However since the url of the location of the plugin could change I want to be able to call the loaded plugin from the template, however I am not finding any good way to do so. I have read over WordPress Codex and not found a function that suits what I need, or I simply don't understand what they are doing. I am not familiar with how WordPress loads and uses plugins. Thanks!
Here's the WP overview on plugins.
In short, plugins are managed by the WP install and once activated automatically load when the pages are called. Plugin files are stored in: wp-content/plugins/ and are stored within each individual WP installation. As long as your client doesn't mess with the wp-content directory structure, your plugin should load if activated in the WP admin console (and it's functional/doesn't break). This is the only way to run plugins through WP as of now (though I don't see this changing).
Wordpress has a built in function to find the path to your plugin, similar to this:
$pluginpath = plugin_dir_url(your_plugin.php);
I believe that is what you are asking, no? Or are you referring to sending a function from the plugin to the template? In that case, you have to use an action hook. Here is the reference: Link
I have installed a Wordpress theme in /wp-content/themes/mytheme/
I then applied this theme to a specific site. I am using Wordpress multi-site.
I want users who have access to the site to also be able to edit the theme from Wordpress.
Is this possible? How?
By default, only the super-admin has the ability to edit theme files in the WordPress multisite environment. In order to circumvent this default behavior, you will need to build and install a simple plugin and modify a WordPress core file. Instructions for doing so can be found here. Posts by jroakes and jrue contain the code you need to make the modifications. Keep in mind that updating WordPress could break the modification. Also be aware of the security risks involved.