I am developing a website on the WordPress platform and this is my first time using WordPress.
WordPress offers an estimate of 20% of the entire project scope, this means I have to write code for the remaining 80%
My question is how do I extend the WordPress platform to provide the functionality I require?
Thanks for your responses in advance
Pls remember am a newbie! will appreciate clear and detailed responses
Thanks
It really depends on what you're attempting to achieve, but a good first port of call would be to immerse yourself the details in plug-ins (specifically the "Writing a Plugin" section) and the Plugin API, as this is the easiest way to extend WordPress using the wide variety of hooks that the API provides.
However, it's also quite likely that at least some of the functionality you require has already be created as a 3rd party plug-in, so I thorough check of the currently available plug-ins would most likely pay dividends.
Wordpress has support for plug-ins. Additionally, it's all PHP scripts, so you can modify the core system as needed; however I would highly recommend that you only use plug-ins to extend functionality, as by changing the core system you won't be able to apply security updates.
For more information on plug-ins, read the Wordpress codex, which also contains detailed documentation on all functions available.
In addition to Plugins, which other users have already mentioned as a way to extend Wordpress functionality, you should read about the concept of Child Themes.
Themes in general make up the appearance and some functionality of your Wordpress site. For making your own theme, which you will be doing, it is a good idea to start off with an existing theme and build upon it. The standard Wordpress theme Twentyten is a great starting point, where many issues have already been taken care of.
The changes you add can be pure CSS restyling or much more complex additions.
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I want to use the 'Ultimate member' WordPress plugin since building that kind of system is a bit tedious.
Unfortunately, no.
As others have pointed out, plugins rely heavily on Wordpress' architecture and functionality for their own functionality.
You may be able to find a service which offers an API for account creation and authentication, but chances are you'll be using custom content for your users, which you'll need a server-side language like PHP (used by Wordpress) for.
Wordpress really isn't too much of a pain to set up, and if you have all the HTML, CSS and JS files complete, you can throw it together in a few hours.
If playing around in WP code really is not for you, there's even plugins to do it for you. Just complete the "5 minute setup" and away you go.
I have working on wordpress based website, where I want to keep certain sections (pages/posts) open to all kind of users (free+paid), while some sections available to only those users who have paid. Is there any plugin available or do I need to work on code part. How can I do this. Thanks
The reason you've been given a -2 on your question is that this is not a programming question.
You need a paid service for that kind of functionality or program that out from scratch by yourself. There are plenty of plugins that do that for you. Or perhaps your can find some "free" plugin to do that (Not recommended).
I've used wishlist before and it works great. Lots of setting to deal with though.
I tried to use Wordpress plugins including Buddypress to create an intranet portal but it does not include the features that i am looking for. Are there any good free plugins for such purpose?
Start by defining all of the features you want your portal to have. Then search for plugins that offer some or all of them. You may need to use multiple plugins to achieve your goals. Since WordPress is written in PHP, you can create your own plugins and either modify existing templates or create your own templates from scratch. In short, the answer to your question: "How much can WordPress bu customized?", the answer is that it is fully customizable.
I have been developing plugins for WordPress. Most plugin I have developed with two three classes and not so huge like Buddypress, WooCommerce or etc.
I am planning to make two open source plugins to deliver some sort of complex system (detail can't share you at the moment but later during the development) where other developers can customize functions and system for them need same as Buddypress and WooCommerce.
As I check those plugins files and realize they have register them own action and filters which developers can modify as per them need. But my problem is unable to understand completely how I should write the plugin where other developer have flexibility to override plugin function as well as they can add them own.
I know it is difficult to give definite answer but I need some sort of start-up guide so I can go into right direction. Do I need to register my action and filters? If yes how to do? if not than how can I do?
Your hint will help me a lot... Thanks a lot
You can check WordPress-Plugin-Boilerplate, it should get you started on the right path.
It may be useful to use wp-cli for generate plugin like so:
wp scaffold plugin my-plugin
Or using "WordPress Plugin Boilerplate" for more complex works: https://wpbp.github.io/wiki.html
I'm looking for a wordpress-like blog interface to put inside a Joomla hosted site. The admin interface of Joomla is quirky enough and hard enough to use that daily updates are infeasible.
What I am looking for is an easy-to-use posting interface that supports multiple users with different accounts/names, a tagging scheme, and easy find by date/user/tag functionality.
In particular I'm looking for a relatively easy-to-deploy, out-of-the-box solution, and would prefer not to hack rss feeds together or write too much custom code. I know there are several extensions out there but they all receive largely mixed reviews... Has anyone used any of these? Or has anyone had experience putting something like this together?
Well you could do this - have a wordpress installation. Get the users to post there and then use the RSS feed from it (or the XML RPC Blogging API) to update the Joomla installation. You will have to write the update piece once, but then all the headache is gone.
I'm not trying to be smart here, but if the admin interface of Joomla isn't working for you, aren't you doing yourself a disservice by trying to patch their UI instead of spending your time looking for a CMS that is easier to manage/a better fit for your user base?
Edit: All of the CMS's I've dealt with in ASP.NET are homegrown. However I'm looking into checking out Umbraco based on the recommendations of two well-respected friends. In the case you presented where you already have content in Joomla and a migration out to another CMS is going to be overkill, I think that vaibhav has got it right. You should look into setting up Wordpress or some other blogging engine and then simply have Joomla consume the content and display it in the Joomla site. I've not done it, but from what I remember of Joomla when I was looking at it, I believe that it would support this.
After doing a bit more research I decided to go with the open source MojoBlog. It was quite easy to install and configure and after a few stalls and hang ups that were resolved via perusal of their forums I was up and running. The edit interface is not ideal but it much better than Joomla admin, and it has multi-user-support, tag categorization, modules for viewing by tag, date, etc. Think it will suffice for my needs in the short term.
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