Extending WordPress: A guide to building your first plugin

This workshop is aimed at the prospective WordPress developer. Either you use already use WordPress but you want to start developing your own custom WordPress plugin or you are an experienced PHP developer who wants to get involved in WordPress plugin development. We’ll look at the the basics of building a WordPress plugin, understanding important terminology like hooks and filters and I’ll share some common resources that a prospective plugin developer can use to ramp up their skills while at the same time building a small plugin of our own.