Taking the time to do proper testing is absolutely important and plays a key role in plugin development. Proper testing helps your plugin to be free of errors on any setup.
- [Instructor] If you made it this far congratulations…our plugin is now complete.…Let's check it out by visiting the plugin page…in the Wordpress admin area.…Here on the plugins setting page the user…can customize the login screen and the admin area.…And configure the plugin options however as desired.…So with everything complete codewise the next important…step is to test and debug the plugin.…
Check each setting, function and so forth.…This is important to do for any plugin that will be…publicly available.…In the previous tutorial preparing for development…we set up Wordpress's debug feature.…The debug feature is enabled via the Wordpress…configuration file to enable debug mode we set the…WP debug constant to true and we also set the debug log…constant to true.…With debug enabled any errors that happened within…Wordpress will be logged in this file.…
Debug.log.…As you develop your own plugins keep an eye on this file,…fixing errors as you go tends to be faster and easier…than trying to test everything all at the same time.…
Author
Jeff Starr
Updated
8/22/2019Released
9/18/2017- WordPress APIs
- Action and filter hooks
- Activating and deactivating plugins
- Plugin security
- Creating the directory and files
- Adding menus and the settings page
- Inserting custom functionality
- Including JavaScript and CSS
- Testing and debugging WordPress plugins
- Creating widgets
- Managing users and roles
- Adding custom post types and taxonomies
- Working with custom fields and database queries
- Using APIs: Transients, HTTP, and REST
Skill Level Intermediate
Duration
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Introduction
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Welcome57s
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1. First Steps
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Course overview2m 32s
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Prepare for development3m 54s
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Explore WordPress plugins4m 28s
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2. Plugin Basics
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Get started6m 43s
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Explore WordPress APIs3m 12s
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Action and filter hooks4m 54s
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3. Building a WordPress Plugin
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Add administration menus11m 39s
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Add the plugin settings page14m 3s
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Add settings callback functions11m 28s
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Validate plugin settings7m 6s
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Add custom functionality11m 45s
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Include JavaScript and CSS7m 39s
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Plugin internationalization7m 47s
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Add an uninstall feature5m 32s
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Test and debug3m 54s
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4. Essential Plugin Techniques
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Customize the WordPress loop11m 23s
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Create widgets7m 43s
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Manage users and roles11m 1s
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Work with JavaScript and CSS10m 10s
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Use the Options API6m 34s
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5. Extending Plugin Functionality
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Work with custom fields9m 45s
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Add meta boxes9m 2s
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Integrate admin notices7m 22s
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6. Advanced Plugin Techniques
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Use the Transients API8m 58s
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Use the HTTP API12m 8s
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Use WP-Cron9m 21s
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Implement Ajax11m 1s
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Use the REST API9m 49s
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Develop with Gutenberg4m 15s
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Conclusion
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Next steps1m 16s
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