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Query Overview - Description of the WordPress query process used to find posts and display them.

Advanced Topics - Annotated list of many articles on advanced WordPress topics.

- Another aggregate of many blogs discussing WordPress mostly plugins and themes (unofficial).

- Aggregate of many blogs discussing WordPress (official).

Mailing Lists - WordPress mailing lists are for programmers, documentation, and development.

Release Philosophy - The philosophy of WordPress releases.

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Automated Testing - Testing WordPress using the automated test suite and how to use the tools and write test cases.Contributing to WordPress - Main starting point if you would like to contribute to core WordPress development, documentation, support, translations, or financial health.Filesystem API - Reference for reading and writing local files to the filesystem to be done securely, on a variety of host types.Theme Customization API - Details about the API for Theme Customization screen.Rewrite API - Details about the URL rewriting API.Quicktags API - A reference for adding buttons to the HTML editor.Widgets API - A reference with examples for creating widgets for use in sidebars.Transients API - Details about the temporary/time-constrained data storage system.Options API - Details about the generic option storage system.Settings API - A reference with examples for adding new settings to existing settings screens.Dashboard Widgets API - A reference with examples for adding new widgets to the admin dashboard.Shortcode API - A tutorial and reference for the shortcode API (new in version 2.5).Plugin API - Hooks, Actions, and Filters to use in your Plugins (version 2.1 has links to older version articles).Reserved Terms - A list of reserved terms in WordPress.Taxonomies - Creating new types of taxonomies other than the built-in ones.Post Types - Creating new types of posts other than the posts that display on the main loop.Global Variables - A list of all global variables created by WordPress.Function Reference - Complete PHP function reference for WordPress.

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Migrating Plugins and Themes - Contains information on how to upgrade your Plugin so it will work from version to version of WordPress.Plugin Submission and Promotion - Once you have written your plugin, here are some hints on distributing it widely.Plugin authors should be familiar with these functions and ideas. Describes the functions used by WordPress to validate and sanitize data. Data Validation - A must-read for WordPress plugin authors.Debugging in WordPress - Reference and guide for using the built-in debugging system in WordPress.WordPress Coding Standards - General information about coding standards for WordPress development.Plugin Developer Handbook - The best starting place for learning about how to develop plugins.The following articles may use programming terms without offering detailed explanations for non-programmers.Īlthough the alteration of the downloadable files for WordPress is limited to a few distinct programmers, every WordPress user has the ability to effect change in the core WordPress code, making WordPress highly customizable.

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