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Common WordPress APIs_ Settings API
The document is a presentation by Jonathan Bossenger about the WordPress Settings API, highlighting key learning outcomes such as its use, the addition of new settings, and error messages. It includes announcements for participant engagement and resources for further learning. Participants are encouraged to have a local WordPress installation and to ask questions throughout the session.
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- 1. 1 Common WordPress APIs: SettingsAPI Jonathan Bossenger Learn.WordPress.org
- 2. 2 👋🏽 Welcome! As youjoin, let everyone know in the chat where you’re joining us from, and feel free to share a little about what you do with WordPress. Hello! ○ My name is Jonathan Bossenger ○ From Cape Town, South Africa ○ Developer educator at Automattic ○ Sponsored to work with the Training Team ○ jonathanbossenger.com
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- 4. Announcements ○ Welcome andthanks to Tracy for co-hosting. ○ Please let me know if you can’t see this slide! ○ We are presenting in focus mode, but please feel free to enable your video. ○ You are welcome to ask questions. ○ You are welcome to post questions in the chat, or unmute to ask questions.
- 5. Announcements ○ Make sureyour local install is ready ○ If I am going too fast, please let me know! ○ We are recording this session and will be posting it to https://wordpress.tv/ afterwards. ○ https://learn.wordpress.org/ - WordPress learning resources ○ https://developer.wordpress.org/news/ - WordPress developer news ○ 2023 Annual WordPress Survey - https://wordpress.org/news/2023/09/help-influence- the-future-of-wordpress-by-taking-the-2023-annual-survey-today/
- 6. Learning outcomes ○ TheSettings API • What is the Settings API? • What should the Settings API be used for? • Adding new settings to existing settings pages. • Creating new settings pages. • Add settings error messages. • Advantages and disadvantages of using the Settings API.
- 7. Question time ○ Ona scale of 1 to 5, how well do you know this topic?
- 8. Requirements ○ A localWordPress installation ○ A text editor ○ A way to access your WP database • https://wordpress.org/plugins/sql-buddy/ ○ An empty plugin file
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- 10. Resources ○ https://wordpress.org/plugins/sql-buddy/ ○ https://developer.wordpress.org/apis/settings/ ○https://github.com/sc0ttkclark/wordpress-fields-api ○ https://github.com/hlashbrooke/WordPress-Plugin-Template