Preface

The rise of WordPress-powered websites is one of the standout trends in the modern web development world. WordPress has taken over 25% of all the websites in the world. The power of the plugin-based architecture and the flexibility of the built-in features offered by WordPress has made developers use this framework for advanced web development. The official plugin directory contains over forty thousand plugins, covering most of the areas required in application development. Therefore, WordPress becomes one of the top solutions for rapid application development with existing plugins. This book will act as a comprehensive resource for building web applications with this amazing framework.

WordPress Web Application Development is a practical guide focused on incorporating and extending the core WordPress features into typical web application development. This book is structured toward building a complete web application from scratch. With this book, you will learn to use and extend WordPress core features to build a forum management application with the latest trending technologies.

This book follows a example-based approach while discussing each WordPress core modules, for pushing the limits of WordPress to create web applications beyond your imagination.

It begins by exploring the role of existing WordPress core features and discussing the reasons for choosing WordPress for web application development. As we move on, more focus will be put into adapting WordPress features into web applications with the help of an informal use-case-based model for discussing the most prominent built-in features.  Along with core features, you will also learn the integration of new features into existing features through plugins. While striving for web development with WordPress, you will also learn about the integration of popular client-side technologies, such as Backbone.js, Underscore, jQuery, and server-side technologies and techniques such as template engines and OpenAuth integration.

After reading this book, you will possess the ability to develop powerful web applications rapidly within limited time frames with the crucial advantage of benefiting low-budget and time-critical projects.