• Introduction

• Before you take this course

• How this course can enhance your plugin development skills

• Exercise Files and other Resources

• Tools Required

• Install WordPress using WAMP

• WordPress Coding Standards - Why and How

• Install PHP Code Sniffer and WordPress Coding Standards

• PhpStorm - Configuring WordPress Coding Standards

• Key Concepts

• What is Custom Post Type (CPT), Custom Fields and Metaboxes

• What are Shortcodes

• What is Options and/or Settings Page

• What is a Widget

• How WordPress loads Plugins

• Actions and Filters

• What is Boilerplate, Why use it?

• Getting Ready with Boilerplate

• Tips for using Boilerplate Generator

• Structure of Boilerplate

• Defining helper constants

• Register Custom Post Type

• Challenge Time

• Method 1: Using Public Class

• Method 2: Using Dedicated CPT Class

• Revisiting: Need for Boilerplate

• How to Fix 404 error on Custom Post Type

• Metabox for Custom Post Type

• Add Metabox to CPT

• Metabox with Gutenberg Editor

• Adding and Saving Custom Fields to Metabox

• nonce fields and nonce verification

• Enhanced Metaboxes

• Plugin Options Settings Page

• Top level admin menu

• Sub menu item for plugin

• Settings Page using Form POST method

• Settings API - Display Sections and Security features

• Creating Global Shared Class

• Template Loader in Global Class

• Helper Utility Functions

• Shortcodes intro

• Understanding add_shortcode function

• Creating Dedicated Shortcode Class

• Shortcode for Custom Post Type Loop

• Configuring Default Values for Attributes

• Using Attributes in Shortcode Output

• Widgets in Plugin Boilerplate

• Creating Dedicated Widgets Control Class

• Widgets API - Understanding Widget Class

• Widgets API - Understanding args and instance of a widget

• Widgets API - Output and Form methods

• Plugin Finalization

• Plugin Security and Best Practices

• Best Practices to Avoid Naming Collisions

• POT File Generation for plugin Translation

• Using custom apply_filter to allow modifications

• Conclusion and Next Steps