From the course: PHP for WordPress
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Copying Hello Dolly
- [Instructor] The best way to add functionality that doesn't necessarily belong in a theme is to add a plugin to your WordPress site. And here we're going to modify the Hello Dolly plugin. Hello Dolly is a simple plugin that comes with every WordPress installation. In fact, it's the first plugin. It's still included with WordPress to serve as an example for new WordPress developers, like you. Once activated, Hello Dolly will show some lyrics from the song by Louis Armstrong in the top right area of the WordPress admin. We are going to modify this to include text from "The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes" by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. To get started, go to your local by flywheel area. Right click on your WordPress install and click Reveal in Finder. Then click on the site directory, App, Public, WP content and then plugins. Here we're going to make a copy of the Hello Dolly directory and then rename it to holmes. Then…
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