WordPress 5 Cookbook: Actionable solutions to common problems when building websites with WordPress

Explore built-in WordPress features and the power of advanced plugins and themes for building modern websites using exciting recipes

Key Features

• Build custom features and extend built-in features in WordPress with custom coding and plugins
• Get to grips with extending WordPress as an application framework
• Manage non-functional aspects of your website such as security, performance, and maintenance

Book Description

WordPress has been the most popular content management system (CMS) for many years and is now powering over 30% of all websites globally. With the demand for WordPress development and skilled developers ever-increasing, now is the best time to learn WordPress inside out.

This book starts with simple recipes for configuring WordPress and managing basic platform features. You'll then move on to explore how to install and customize WordPress plugins, widgets, and themes. The next few chapters cover recipes for content and user-management-related topics such as customizing the content display, working with content types, using the new Gutenberg editor, and customizing editorial workflow for building advanced blogs. As you advance, you'll learn how to use WordPress as an application framework as well as a platform for building e-commerce sites. This WordPress book will also help you optimize your site to maximize visibility on search engines, add interactivity, and build a user community to make the site profitable. Finally, you'll learn how to maintain a WordPress site smoothly while taking precautions against possible security threats.

By the end of the book, you'll have the tools and skills required to build and maintain modern WordPress websites with the latest technologies and be able to find quick solutions to common WordPress problems.

What you will learn

• Install and customize WordPress themes and plugins for building websites
• Develop modern web designs without the need to write any code
• Explore the new Gutenberg content editor introduced in WordPress 5 (Bebo)
• Use the existing WordPress plugins to add custom features and monetize your website
• Improve user interaction and accessibility for your website with simple tricks
• Discover powerful techniques for maintaining and securing your websites
• Extend built-in WordPress features for advanced website management

Who this book is for

This book is for beginners who want to build powerful modern websites with minimum coding knowledge and intermediate web developers who want to extend the basic features of WordPress to cater to advanced modern website technologies. Although prior experience with WordPress is not required, familiarity with basic PHP, HTML, and CSS is necessary to understand the concepts covered.

Table of Contents

1. Setting Up WordPress and Customizing Settings
2. Customizing Theme Design and Layout
3. Using Plugins and Widgets
4. Publishing Site Content with the Gutenberg Editor
5. Managing Users and Permissions
6. Setting up a Blogging and Editorial Workflow
7. WordPress as an Application Framework
8. Improving Usability and Interactivity
9. Building E-Commerce Sites with WooComerce
10. Troubleshooting WordPress
11. Handling Performance and Maintenance
12. Improving Site Security
13. Promoting and Monetizing the Site

Rakhitha Nimesh Ratnayake is a freelance web developer, writer, and open source enthusiast. He has over 9 years of experience in developing WordPress applications and plugins. He develops premium WordPress plugins for individual clients and the CodeCanyon marketplace. User Profiles Made Easy and WP Private Content Pro are the most popular plugins developed by him. Building Impressive Presentations with impress.js was his first book, which was published by Packt Publishing. He is also the author of the first three editions of WordPress Web Application Development. In his spare time, he likes to read books and spend time with his family.