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Lynda – Advanced WordPress: Action and Filter Hooks
Size: 317 MB | Duration: 1h 36m | Video: AVC (.mp4) 1280×720 15&30fps | Audio: AAC 48KHz 2ch
Genre: eLearning | Level: Advanced | Language: English
Hooks are key components of WordPress plugin development. There are two types: filters modify data and actions perform tasks. Gain a fundamental understanding of how these features work, and learn how to use the built-in action and filter hooks in WordPress to build your own plugins. In the first half of the course, instructor Carrie Dils reviews the plugin API and demonstrates the basics of actions and filters. Already familiar with these core concepts? Skip to chapter three, where she covers what you need to make your own hooks. Learn about load order and writing callback functions, and using third-party hooks. Last but not least, Carrie builds a demo plugin that shows practical real-world uses for actions and filters.

Topics include:

* Actions and filters explained
* Identifying available hooks and filters
* Looking at load order
* Understanding callback functions
* Creating custom hooks
* Using third-party hooks
* Building a new WordPress plugin with filters and actions