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- 1. Hacking WordPress: Making WP Work for You WordCamp Atlanta 2015 Erick Arbé @erickarbe
- 2. What is Hacking? Not what you think.
- 3. Hacking Is…. the gaining of access (wanted or unwanted) to a computer and viewing, copying, or creating data (leaving a trace) without the intention of destroying data or maliciously harming the computer. A Hacker is… an expert at programming and solving problems with a computer The Misconception is… Hacking and hackers are commonly mistaken to be the bad guys most of the time. Crackers are the ones who screw things over as far as creating a virus, cracks, spyware, and destroying data.
- 5. WordPress Made This Presentation WordPress Was Used to Build This Presentation Each slide is a post I built a custom theme I used the Front-End Editor Plugin It started on my iPhone with the WordPress app.
- 6. So What is This Talk About? We’re going to cover a few simple concepts and practical examples that will help you solve a problem with WordPress. We will not touch any code today!
- 7. Maybe You… 1. Need a Minimum Viable Product for a pitch to an investor 2. Need a creative solution for a client’s website 3. Have an incredible idea that you just want to get off the ground 4. Need the solution to a nagging problem
- 8. Why WordPress? It’s Awesome. Oh and it’s Open Source. It’s flexible and extendable enough to make it do almost anything. Plugins making hacking WP that much easier. The community around WordPress is incredible. Because you can (hence, open source).
- 9. Understanding WordPress This helps, but it’s not totally necessary.
- 10. The Database Database Posts, Pages, or Custom Post Types These can be categorized, tagged, or sorted by other taxonomies Basically pieces of information that can be manipulated through WP
- 11. Users Users User creation, deletion, and ROLES Roles give certain privileges Password protection – opens up all kinds of doors
- 12. The API Feeds XML, JSON, RSS WordPress can push or pull
- 13. Start With Plugins There is a plugin for almost everything – this is a great place to start when customizing WordPress. Out of the Box: WooCommerce WP Project Manager AppPresser MemberPress, Wishlist Member Simple Intranet Gravity Forms, Contact Form 7, Ninja Forms WP RSS Aggregator BuddyPress BBPress Event Espresso WP Product Review Code Required: Advanced Custom Fields Types PODS
- 14. Case Study: Build a Directory Combined with a CRM The Requirements: 1. We needed a tool to help perform research on customers. 2. It needed to be easy enough for an intern to follow. 3. It had to act like a CRM to track if we contacted that course or not, plus hold notes on that course. 4. Excel could have done the trick, but would have been cumbersome, hard to share, ugly, and had limited capabilities.
- 15. Case Study: The Solution Advanced Custom Fields was used to build a custom directory site that aided in web-based research. Golf Course = Post Post Information = Completely modified with ACF Plugin Categories = States Mandrill was used to send emails Comments used for notes WP_Query was used on page templates
- 16. Basecamp Clone We all love Basecamp, right? Using a plugin, you can turn WP into a fully functioning clone. Frito-Lay Custom Project Management
- 17. A Social Network
- 18. A Membership Website Protected content can be used in many ways. These plugins help…
- 19. Backend For an App WordPress can simply be used to hold data – what you do with that data is up to you.
- 20. User Submission User interaction is what drives dynamic applications.
- 21. Final Thoughts One thing WordPress can’t do? Get smaller. Things to Remember: Learn the system before you manipulate it. You don’t know what you don’t know, so always learn more.