Starting WordPress plugin development

via pelfusion.com

WordPress usage has taken a huge leap in the past few years. One of the feature of WordPress is that you can customize WordPress as per your requirements by using existing plugins or creating your own plugins.

If you want to develop WordPress plugins then the resource at http://pelfusion.com/know-how/20-tutorials-to-develop-wordpress-plugin/# is the right place to start.

However, I would like to add that you need have a good understanding of HTML, CSS and PHP. You also need to know how WordPress works. If you have that knowledge then you are ready to go.

WordPress frameworks

WordPress frameworks are great for creating WordPress based websites fast. Using a framework you can design a WordPress child theme which can give a unique look and feel to your website without writing substantial amount of code.

WP Dressing has a post which compares 14 popular premium WordPress frameworks which are popular amongst WordPress developers. The next time you think about designing a new website based on WordPress try using a WordPress framework.

If you do not know about WordPress frameworks and how to build child themes I recommend reading the following

• WordPress child theme tutorial using the default Twenty Ten theme
• WordPress child theme how to tutorials
• Understanding WordPress child themes
• WordPress child theme video tutorial

WordPress SEO - internal linking WordPress plugin

One of my favorite SEO plugin for WordPress is link to post plugin. The link to post plugin allows you to create links to other posts and pages from within the post or page editor simply and intuitively. With WordPress 3.0 the functionality of the link to post plugin has been added as a core feature which, is sort of official, reconginition of the popularity and the usefulness of the plugin which must is coveted recognition of Julien Appert (http://www.julienappert.com) and AJcarea (http://www.ajcrea.com/).

If you have not used WordPress 3.1 extensively then you might have missed the edition as it takes time to notice since the addition does not bring about a change the UI (user interaction) screens of WordPress. I have created a slideshare presentation of the how to add links to post using WordPress version 3 or above