This document provides an overview of how to build maintainable WordPress plugins. It discusses the history of WordPress and how plugins work using hooks. It recommends using object-oriented PHP and learning additional technologies like VueJS and ReactJS. The document also provides resources like the WordPress Plugin Handbook and Hooks Reference and encourages looking at existing plugin code and the WordPress codex to continue learning. It concludes by mentioning the company is hiring.

1. How to start Building Maintainable
WordPress Plugins right way

2. SHAHJAHAN JEWEL
Me?
‣ Working @authLab
‣ WordPress Enthusiast
‣ Author of Several WP Plugins & Themes
‣ Opensource Contributor
‣ In Love with WordPress for last 7 years

3. WHY WORDPRESS?
‣ Simple but Powerful
‣ More than 33% of web powered by it
‣ Billions of $ Economy
‣ You are the limit not WordPress
‣ ….

4. A LITTLE HISTORY
‣ 2001 - b2 cafelog launched by Michel Valdrighi.
‣ 2003 - Matt Mullenweg and Mike Little fork b2 and create
WordPress
‣ 2004 - First Plugin released
‣ 2019 - Here you are!

9. IT’S ALL ABOUT
HOOKS!
John Doe
HOW PLUGINS WORK

10. HOOKS! WHAT’S THAT?
‣ Hi, I am making pens! You want to do something? [action]
‣ Hi, These are my pens, You want to modify these? [filter]

14. TOOLS AND LANGUAGES
‣ Object Oriented PHP
‣ WordPress Codex and Built-in functions and hooks
‣ Make Javascript in your friend for building awesome things
‣ Learn VueJS/ReactJS
‣ Build something
‣ Read WP Core Files

15. RESOURCES
‣ WordPress Plugin Handbook
https://developer.wordpress.org/plugins/
‣ Hooks Reference:
https://codex.wordpress.org/Plugin_API/Hooks
‣ Developer Resources: https://developer.wordpress.org/
‣ Read source code of existing plugins

16. THINGS TO KNOW
‣ Don’t be evil
‣ Always use prefix
‣ Be respectful
‣ Keep things clean
‣ Think as end user not as a developer
‣ Invest in yourself
‣ Keep learning

17. THE BEST WAY TO LEARN TO
LOOK AT OTHER PEOPLE’S CODE
AND IN THE WP CODEX
LifeExperience

18. ONE LAST THING - WE ARE HIRING
Visit: https://authlab.io/jobs

19. LET’S DISCUSS