The WordPress short code API is one that plugin developers use a lot. Short codes are used for kinds of things: gallerys, related post lists, purchase buttons, alert messages, etc. Whether your plugin uses them or not, every single plugin developer will write at least one short code. This part of Plugin Development 101 will [...]
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In part 9 of this Stripe.com + WordPress tutorial series, we are going to look at using the Stripe button for accepting payments through our website. The Stripe checkout button creates a really slick, secure popup window that the customer enters their payment details into. This entry is part 9 of 9 in the Integrating [...]
View Post add_shortcode, StripeIn part five of this User Submitted Image Gallery tutorial series we build the advanced query system that allows users to filter images by categories and tags. This will be one of the most advanced sections of this series. You must be logged in and have an active premium membership to view the rest of [...]
View Post add_query_arg, add_shortcode, get_terms, paginate_links, tax_querySince WordPress makes it so easy to run a multi-author blog, one of the things site administrators often want to do is have a page that shows all of the contributing authors of the blog. This could of course be done with a regular WordPress page, but that becomes much more difficult to update and [...]
View Post add_shortcode, get_avatar, get_usersIn part three of this User Submitted Image Gallery plugin tutorial series, we created the function that processes image uploads. Now it is time to build our gallery’s short code, which will be used to display the complete gallery of user submitted images. This short code is rather complex and we won’t fully finish it [...]
View Post attachments, gallery, images, short codeIn part three of the User Submitted Image Galleries series, we’re going to look at automatically creating our “guest” user account, and process the image uploads from the submission form. This is where our plugin really begins to take shape. After this section, we will get into actually displaying our images on the “gallery” page. [...]
View Post attachment, gallery, image, usersNonces are used to add an extra layer of security to WordPress. They are typically used when submitting form data to ensure that the form is being submitted from where it’s supposed to. Nonce fields help us protect our forms from malicious attacks and non-authorized submissions. This tutorial will introduce you to using nonces in [...]
View Post forms, nonce, securityIn this part of the User Submitted Image Galleries series we will look at setting up our custom image sizes and also the image submission form. In the previous part we registered out custom post types and taxonomies, and setup the basic structure of the plugin. You must be logged in and have an active [...]
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In this premium-members only tutorial, we’re going to take a brief look into working with the Mail Chimp API to create a newsletter sign up form for your WordPress site. The final result will be a complete plugin that you can install on any WordPress site to begin accepting email subscriptions to your Mail Chimp [...]
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