Tips and tricks for using WordPress as application platform. By Dan Westall a london based freelance WordPress developer see www.dan-westall.co.uk

1. Tips and tricks for
using
as a application
platform.
By
Dan westall

2. /about-me
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Freelance based in london
Work with WordPress for the last 6 years
Also use php frameworks Yii and Laravel
Can find me at www.dan-westall.co.uk
Twitter @danwestall_

3. /wordpress-the-application-platform
● Official use of “wordPress as a application platform” was in
the 3.5 release video in 2012
● WordPress was referred to as a application platform by matt
mullenweg in “state of wordPress” @ SF Wordcamp

4. /wp-as-application-platform
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Out the box CRUD (create, read, update and delete)
Out of the box user permissions
Pre-defined DB structure
Large Library of plugins.

5. /key-plugins
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Posts 2 posts - by scribu
Efficient many-to-many connections between posts, pages, custom post types, users.
https://github.com/scribu/wp-posts-to-posts/
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Advanced Custom Fields
Fully customise WordPress edit screens with powerful fields. Boasting a professional interface and a
powerfull API
http://wordpress.org/plugins/advanced-custom-fields/
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Custom post types to taxonomy - by cftp
A WordPress plugin providing an API for plugin developers to sync specified a post type with a specified
taxonomy, multiple pairs of post types and taxonomies can be synced.
https://github.com/cftp/sync-post-types-to-taxonomies

6. /key-plugins-1
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WP Frontend Pro
Build forms that allow your users to edit posts from the front end of wordpress.
http://wedevs.com/plugin/wp-user-frontend-pro/
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Gravity Forms
Build and publish your WordPress forms in just minutes. No drudgery, just quick and easy form-building.
Select your fields, configure your options and easily embed forms on your WordPress powered site using
the built-in tools.
http://www.gravityforms.com/
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Taxonomy Metadata
Infrastructure plugin which implements metadata functionality for taxonomy terms, including for tags
and categories.
http://wordpress.org/plugins/taxonomy-metadata/

7. /tips-tricks
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Extending XML-RPC interface
Shadowing users with a user custom post type
Extending post meta with custom tables
○ http://sltaylor.co.uk/blog/custom-meta-tables-wordpress/
URL endpoints

8. /examples
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Whos the boss
Class Management

9. /whos-the-boss
CEO
Posts 2 posts - (reports_to)
Finance
Director
CPT - Position
p2p - (employee_position) +
year meta
CPT - Employee Bio
Development
Director
2007-2013
2003 - 2007
2001-2003
Ben Smith
Jane Smith
John Smith
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USR
CTP to Taxonomy
Business
Development
Director
Ben Smith
Location
Location
Advanced Custom Fields
1. Shadow user Bio’s, with
profiles author, set CTP
author to user id, then limtt
permissions to post they
own.

10. /whos-the-boss-and-where-do-they-work
CPT - Employee Bio
Ben Smith
Jane Smith
John Smith
Location
CTP to Taxonomy - Taxonomy
CTP to Taxonomy - CPT
Location
Notes:
(Plugin) Taxonomy Metadata
Advanced Custom Fields
Tax-Meta-Class
https://github.com/bainternet/Tax-Meta-Class

11. CPT
/class-management
Plugins used
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Post to posts
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Advanced Custom Fields
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CTP to Tax
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Gravity Form
Other notes
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Shadow users
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Roles
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Permissions
CPT
Document
Library
CPT
Building
Subject
Advanced Custom
Fields
CPT
Class Room
TAX
Subject
CPT
Gravity Forms
Student Question Submission
USR
Student
Class
Comments
USR
Teacher
Shadow user
profiles
CPT
Teacher Profile
Advanced Custom
Fields

12. /the-class-hosted
WordPress mu
Extended XML RPC
Billing platform

13. /Notes
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Taxonomy Meta, trac #10142
Posts relationships, Trac #14513,

14. /cons
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Wordpress admin
Scaling.
You cant do this without some code

15. Perception

16. Questions?