The second option for the user is self-hosted WordPress. In this WordPress provide you setup in zip format so that user can download it. Now the user has good command over the blog or website. He can do everything whichever he wants. The WordPress is hosted on user hosting so the user will responsible for other things like performance, security, SEO & blog uptime.
Today I want to explain some other things so I don’t want to go in deep knowledge.

Generally, people have the myth WordPress not more secure or you can develop an only simple informational site. But It’s completely wrong you can develop anything using WordPress & will work securely. WordPress CMS is a gravy of your dish So, it depends upon you how to use if you maintain a WordPress coding standard then definitely your application will generate good revenue. Today I will share some points which should be kept in mind from the phase of development. So after development when you start work for the security & performance then your work effort become decrease. These are very basic things but most of the peoples missed it. I have created a list of these which is below.

Perfect placement of files.

when things are placed properly then they make sense otherwise difficult to maintain. So whenever you create a theme or plugin then maintain the proper standard file structure. I have shown you a file structure for the plugin is below.

One more important thing is that always make plugin frontend compatible by using templates & they should be overridable so that easy to use plugin & override frontend without editing plugin. Same thing I also suggest for the theme So that in future if there is an issue in this case if the standard structure is there then easy to any developer debug.

Naming convention & declaration of variable, constant

In programming, the naming convention very important, especially in WordPress, try to define the unique name of the variable, constant & class so there is less chance to conflict with other plugins. The variable value used recursively then it should define in the starting lines. Because some time value fills in the variable from the database or some other where if we not define then it always triggers database query or procedure. The name of the variable & constant should be meaning full so that easy to code review.

Maximum use of WordPress core things

The peoples are used the opensource because most of the things already built in it. The open-source provides a collection of hooks, filters & methods we need to use them. The benefit of using them is that if the upgrade or maintain anything in these then your functionality never breaks & you will also not need to eject the latest changes in our functionality. If you use inbuilt functions again and again then your development speed also increases because after a certain time you will grasp up maximum functions.

wp-config usage

The wp-config.php is the main configuration file for the WordPress in which all settings like DB & constant defined in it. It gets all details from a wp-config.php file like database, salt keys, cache, debug, etc. So always use the defined constant, sometimes peoples defined error display enable/ disable using functions.php which wrong practice. So bad practice of code always consumes more time during maintenance or enhancements.

Proper versioning

Version controlling is the process by which we identify a change chain log. It will greatly help in issue debug. So whenever you add major changes in the plugin then the version of the plugin should be updated. Always use the updated plugin because of sometimes plugin developer done the major things related to security if you miss that update then you will eject security threat in the application.

Proper security during code

During the coding, security should be very important otherwise your application is not beneficial for the user because the hacker can easily break it. So always use the input sanitization. For sanitization, WordPress provides lots of functions which is already available. During the installation of WordPress setup change the salt keys, Database prefix should be changed from the default which will add one more step towards the security.

proper understanding of the functions (fastest & best function)

In WordPress for a certain task available multiple hooks & functions so review the function properly & try to understand the code of function then use the most efficient appropriate function instead of any function.

Avoid modifying core, plugin, parent them

In any opensource, if you changed the core files then you simply break the updates or functionality. Another most important thing is that whenever you get a new update then your customization becomes goes. So always try to implement our requirement in the child theme or our theme so that no need to customize core.

Not Checking If a Plugin Is Active

If your code dependent on the certain plugin of class then always implement the checks so that if the dependent thing is not available then, in that case, your functionality or plugin can’t be a break. You can apply plugin checks using the below code.
if ( is_plugin_active( ‘plugin-folder/plugin-main-file.php’ ) ) {
// Run plugin code
}
In the same way, you should also need to apply the function, class checks.

Loading Too Many Resources

Never load CSS and js in head or footer directly because it’s bad practice. Sometimes I have seen that people add the jquery library, juqrey-ui library or other libraries (default) which is standard and already available in the core then why people are used. Always add CSS & js using below functions which standard. Always try to use standard functions for these tasks which are below.

Keeping the Admin Bar

During the initial time, I disabled the admin bar for checking responsive & other things. But it’s bad practice it will lose the user experience. So always keep the admin-bar visible so that end-user can perform default functions like editing, view navigate dashboard easily.

Not Utilizing the GetText Filter[translatable]

Different people have different region but they want to taste your recipe (themes, plugin). But translation is not available to our audience that is the biggest problem. If such type of issue present then your plugin or theme will not use more. So always create textdomain & load at the time of theme or plugin load so that your stuff becomes translatable. The WordPress translate plugin like loco translate, wpml both, is used the textdomain & translate your stuff in the user language.

The things which I know & faced I have to explain to you. I think if you follow these things your application has good performance & secured. If you do the above things then at the time security & performance optimization you will save a lot of time. If you have more things about the above then you can share it with us. I always welcome suggestions & feedback.

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Most of time designer & developer both are working on the WordPress projects. But if the designer has a little bit knowledge of PHP & WordPress basics then he can also complete project itself. In that case, an organization can save the developer efforts & the saved efforts can utilize on urgent tasks. Now today I have shown you few WordPress plugins can make your WordPress development faster.

Few important things need to do to start WordPress project.
– When you start WordPress installation then always use a unique prefix for the WordPress database table.
– Always set our custom keys
– Whenever you customize MySQL query then always use $wpdb->prefix.

1. Visual Composer

It’s paid plugin but it has most important features. A normal user can also design our website without the need of a designer. It’s already have so many shortcodes like the post, taxonomy, slider, apply CSS properties. There is a problem it saves page content in the database. So there is need to make changes very care full. Always need to enable page revision.

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2. contact form 7 or gravity form

Forms are common parts of the web application. Contact form 7 & gravity form are two plugins that will helps the user in creating form. Contact Form 7 is a popular free plugin most of WordPress website use contact form 7. Gravity form has extra features due to these features it’s paid. In Both form plugin, you can integrate our custom HTML
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3. woocommerce

E-commerce & blog a normal requirement of client every client. WordPress already have blog functionality. But not have e-commerce functionality. So, for implement e-commerce, there is need to add another plugin. So, woocommerce is a plugin that enables e-commerce functionality. It’s very old plugin so it has a huge amount of support.

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4. Yoast SEO

Once the website is complete then marketing of a website is very important. If the website can’t generate the revenue and customer then it’s not beneficial. For search engine optimization purpose on page optimization very important. It will help in SEO. Yoast SEO plugin which enables the SEO features on your WordPress project.

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5. Custom Post Type Maker

When you start the custom application in WordPress then always a requirement of a custom post like a portfolio, team, etc. So “Custom Post Type Maker” plugin which helps to create custom post type & taxonomy.

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6. advanced custom field

It’s the plugin which extends you custom post functionality. With the help of them, you can create the meta fields, repeater fields. It provides an easy interface so that non-developer user can also extend the project functionality.
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7. Fast cache

It will help in the performance of your WordPress project. It enables cache on your project so that most of the pages serve for the customer from the cache so, that your server or hosting resource become save. In short, you can get great performance with short of resources. If you can afford paid version then you can get the CDN & database optimization & cache features.

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8. wp security

Once your website is ready & running in live mode or real world then security is very important. If your website down for a day then it’s a retarded lot of revenue even left bad impressions on the visitors. wp security plugin which provides the various types of security like file security, database security, login lockdown session exploiting & many more.

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9. migrate DB

It’s common plugin used by most of the developer’s because when you try to replicate current working website on our local then it provides you database according to your local URL. Mainly it helps in replacement of the URLs. So that you set up website locally faster.

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10. qTranslate X or WPML

If your website is multi-language then above both plugin great helps in translating. You can provide the translation for each language so that it will show the translated string for your user according to their locality.

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11. BuddyPress

It helps to create networking website. Its provide a great feature of social networking website like activity, share, groups, pages & create connections between each other. You can also extend their functionality by overriding theme or plugin.

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Nowadays e-commerce stores more popular because every seller wants a store. In e-commerce business scale not matter there is small scale business or large scale business. I have seen in every ten customers 2 or 3 customer demand for the online store development. When such type requirement reaches the technical manager then he always thinks how to move towards the development weather develop store using core development or choose an any CMS like Magento, opencart, woocommerce, Magento, oscommerce, cscart, prestashop. If he moves using core development then there is required more time everything made from scratch and most of the time gone in testing. In other hand client started marketing so he wants our product as soon as possible in that case technical manager have pressure so, the only option left to choose any CMS so that I can be completed on time. You can’t choose any cms without any complete requirement so, before choosing any cms put out the below question towards the client.

• How many products you want to sell
• you have an existing store and want to migrate it or want a fresh store.
• If customer have existing store then evaluate their traffic
• Try to collect inform regarding store built on which technology like any opensource or core. If it’s on open source then try to evaluate customization
• existing store currently integrated with any android APP or any API
• last but not least you want to launch your store on which type hosting is it shared hosting, dedicated hosting or dedicated server.

After finding the answer you can review below information which can help you. I describe below important information regarding each CMS.

Woocommerce

The base of woo commerce is WordPress so it’s good for the less number of products. Also, it’s not more secure if want secure then there is need to add more security measure. It’s chocked out when a number of user & their visits increases. But there is enhancement is easy because a lot of plugins available that can enhance the functionality. The default woocommerce  full fill most of the requirement but if still required then you can it. Wocoomerece follows class based structure & easily override the template in your theme. Its working fine in all hosting because it handles small e-commerce business.

Opencart

Opencart follows the MVC (model view controller) and another component also maintains language so that you can manage multiple languages just putting the separate files for each language. Its MVC based so there it’s easy to understand for every programmer. Its maintain the standard like view only contain represent part same model communication with the database so each query will be found in the model.

controller work as routing & execution. For enhancement, there is need programmer. But it’s more secure & has a capacity to holds a number of products & customers. It’s working fine with dedicated hosting or dedicated server. On shared hosting, it’s unable to handle more traffic So it’s required more resource but with that, it’s more secure & handles more powerful.

Oscommerce

It’s oldest e-commerce CMS so its follows core class & function-based structure. It’s also good but its unable to handle a large number of products. When your products count goes greater than 1000 then its load slowly & take a lot of time rendering data, so visitor can’t wait to move another one, in that case, you lose it business. Now there latest build they launched the cache version that can enhance but the previous version has the problem. So it’s also better for the medium scale business. There is one more thing it provides less amount of payment support for new payment & delivery option need to integration.

Prestashop

It’s used most like CakePHP structure. Its maintain the separate view section, class for database & controller same as above controlling route. One most powerful feature is that it’s used cookies & cache for maintaining the data on the visitor side. The Prestashop community also provides the module generator so that its easy for a developer for a cretae new module. It also provides most of the payment, delivery social integration inbuilt So there is no more requirement of development. It has a great capacity to handle near about 3000 products & 50,000 customers without consuming a lot of resources. So it’s better.

Magento

If I talk about the performance it has the same as PrestaShop but it’s required more resource. But if you used a dedicated server or hosting then it definitely works for you. It follows the Zend framework so there performance better previous one but the problem only is that it consume more resource. But its most powerful for large amount business it handles more number of user & products.

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