The document discusses the importance of using plugins in WordPress but emphasizes the value of hand-coding custom features when necessary. It provides examples such as an image slider and an e-commerce setup to illustrate how to create custom implementations. Additionally, it includes resources for further exploration of custom post types and relevant APIs.

1. POWER
WITHOUT PLUGINS

2. Myke Bates
http://thealchemediaproject.com
@mykebates
contact@mykebates.com

3. To Plug or Not to Plug…
• Personal preferences.
• Don’t bork my markup.
• Don’t get in my way.
• Don’t waste my time.
• Are we just writing to the screen?
• Flexibility.

4. To Be Clear
• I am not recommending the elimination of
plugin use.
• I love plugins… just not all the time.
• If a plugin works for you – use it.

5. On To The Overview
• A few loaded hand coded examples
– Image slider
– Very basic E-Commerce setup
– Time based interactive media player
• Through these examples you will learn a
handful of powerful and reusable concepts
to aid you in creating your own custom
feature sets – without plugins.

6. Install Some WordPress
• And let’s jump into some code
• Sorry there are not many slides left 

7. Custom Post Type
• Post, Page, Attachment, Revisions, Nav
Menus and Custom
• register_post_type( $post_type, $args )
• single-{posttype}.php
archive-{posttype}.php

8. Setup Shirt Post Type

9. post-options-api
• https://github.com/kovshenin/post-options-
api
• Initialize Post Options API
• Register sections
• Register fields

10. You Still There?
• Hopefully these code samples have shown
you how quick and easy it can be to roll
out custom WordPress implementations
based on your needs.
• If not, I have one more sample.

11. Resources
• post-options-api - http://bit.ly/qIE9dZ
• Popcorn.js - http://bit.ly/ejwxC9
• Nivo Slider - http://bit.ly/9xQ2xV
• Codex Post Types - http://bit.ly/aXNkEw
• Codex Thumbnails - http://bit.ly/bY7BiH