Looking for references for WordPress developers

  • IoClaudio

    (@ioclaudio)


    6 years, 3 months ago

    Hi,
    in the past, I have developed custom modules for other CMSs like Joomla!, Drupal and Plone.
    Now I’m trying to develop custom modules and plugins for WordPress.

    I’d like to implement a custom content, “car” for example, that has its own table.
    The fields of this content-type should be in the “cars” table.
    I’d like to implement also a view with all my “cars” and a view to add and edit the cars.
    I need also a module to manage all these cars and the preferences of this subsystem.

    I’m looking for books and manuals that explain how to work with WordPress at a deeper level.
    There are a lot of resources, but maybe you have already read a book that deals with these topics.

    I know that there is the official documentation that is very useful, but it deals with specific topics and not about how to project a complex system based on WordPress.

    Thank you for any suggestion

    Claudio

    • This topic was modified 6 years, 3 months ago by Jan Dembowski.
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  • Moderator Steven Stern (sterndata)

    (@sterndata)

    Volunteer Forum Moderator

    6 years, 3 months ago

    Start at https://developer.wordpress.org/

    Moderator bcworkz

    (@bcworkz)

    6 years, 3 months ago

    While you can certainly store data in its own table, there is usually no need. Usually the built-in WP objects can accommodate your needs without needing to resort to separate tables. The more you can stay within the WP data schema, the better off you’ll be. With custom post types, don’t think of them as “posts” per se, rather as generic data containers. The sort of data you can store in a custom post object itself is somewhat limited, but the ability to store related information as post meta data is almost unlimited.

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