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Learn to create custom WordPress plugins with these plugin development tutorials. Get code examples, best practices, and tips to develop useful, popular plugins.
  1. Best Comments Plugins for WordPress and WooCommerce

    Best Comments Plugins for WordPress and WooCommerce

    Tutorial Beginner

    Comments can turn your WordPress website into a lively community where users can interact through questions, discussions, advice sharing, and even videos and...

  2. Displaying the Date and Time in the WordPress Loop

    Displaying the Date and Time in the WordPress Loop

    Tutorial Beginner

    Learn the different methods for displaying the date and time in the WordPress loop, and how to troubleshoot loops where dates aren't being displayed.

  3. WP_Query Arguments: Categories and Tags

    WP_Query Arguments: Categories and Tags

    Tutorial Intermediate

    In the next part of this series on mastering WP_Query, I'll show you the arguments you can use to query categories and tags with WP_Query and how to code them.

  4. WordPress Image Optimization Made Easy With WP Compress

    WordPress Image Optimization Made Easy With WP Compress

    Tutorial Beginner

    With live image optimization, your site will load faster and you will save server space. WP Compress is an image optimization service and plugin that makes...

  5. How to Use a Free Responsive Portfolio WordPress Gallery Plugin

    How to Use a Free Responsive Portfolio WordPress Gallery Plugin

    Tutorial Intermediate

    This tutorial will teach you how to create your own responsive portfolio gallery where users can filter images based on selected categories. All you'll need...

  6. How to Create a Company Timeline With a WordPress Plugin

    How to Create a Company Timeline With a WordPress Plugin

    Tutorial Beginner

    In this article, we are going to use the Cool Timeline WordPress plugin to present our company’s life history in an About Us page.

  7. Create Multiple WordPress Event Calendars With the Calendarize it! Plugin

    Create Multiple WordPress Event Calendars With the Calendarize it! Plugin

    Tutorial Beginner

    This tutorial will teach you how to quickly create and add events to calendars on your WordPress website using the Calendarize it! plugin.

  8. Organize Your Media in Folders With the FileBird WordPress Plugin

    Organize Your Media in Folders With the FileBird WordPress Plugin

    Tutorial Beginner

    In this article, I am going to show you how to use the FileBird plugin to organize images in your media library into folders and create an eye-catching food...

  9. How to Use the UberMenu Plugin to Create a WooCommerce Mega Menu

    How to Use the UberMenu Plugin to Create a WooCommerce Mega Menu

    Tutorial Beginner

    In this article, I am going to show you the power of the UberMenu plugin. We'll create a nested header menu—a mega menu—for an online clothing store.

  10. Create Subscriptions on Your WordPress Store With the Subscriptio Plugin

    Create Subscriptions on Your WordPress Store With the Subscriptio Plugin

    Tutorial Beginner

    In this post, we’re going to discuss the Subscriptio WooCommerce subscriptions plugin. It allows you to sell subscriptions on your WordPress store. More...

  11. WordPress Sliders: When to Use Them and Tips for Good UX

    WordPress Sliders: When to Use Them and Tips for Good UX

    Tutorial Beginner

    Find out how to add an effective image slider to your WordPress site without compromising user experience.

  12. How to Add Maps to Your WordPress CF7 Contact Form

    How to Add Maps to Your WordPress CF7 Contact Form

    Tutorial Beginner

    Knowing the locations of visitors filling out your WordPress forms can help you identify who is coming to your site and showing interest. In this post, I'll...