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WordPress Plugin Development – Shortcodes

This forms part of my Wordpress Plugin Development Series. In this section we add Shortcodes to a plugin. Our Shortcode We want to create a Shortcode that shows the current date to any section where the Shortcode is called. Hooking your shortcode Add the following code to your Wordpress Plugin. function wt_show_date_function(){ $currentDate = date(‘Y-m-d…

WordPress Plugin Development – Getting Started

This forms part of my Wordpress Plugin Development Series. In this section we create a readable blank WordPress plugin. First Install To start off you need to give your plugin a unique name. I will call my plugin WT Hello World. This name needs to be unique to avoid conflicts with other wordpress plugins. To…