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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For any product, document ion is very important. When you develop a product then only you know how its work & how to use. But if someone new person tries to use then he can’t use it so, in that case, your product useless for the user. So whenever you develop any product there is need to create a proper documentation. The documentation should cover below points.

About product

In this section describe our product completely like “about product”, “Why you made it”. If you develop something new product then there is no need to a comparison. If some product already exists then there is a need for comparison so that user can compare it. If a user uses an already product and your product have something new and better than user remve/uninstall our product & try your, In that situation, if your product works better than user always use your product if he fails then he use our existing product. So there more important to include about a product, advantage, disadvantage last but not least comparison.

How to use it

It’s very important section so it’s documented very carefully. There is need to clarify more clearly so that user can easily understand. There is a need for more graphics & text so that user have a clear idea. If your product is digital then nowadays different platforms like youtube, SlideShare, GitHub can help you. This platform provide you an area in which you show graphics, picture & animation so that product user can easily understand & use it.

Reviews

In this section provide the way (review submit form, toll-free number, or any number) through which user can provide the reviews. With the help of reviews, you can improve your product. Because mistakes make perfect so it’s more important.

I review many plugins of WordPress the author writes very good & usable plugins but they fail only the documentation. Now WordPress provide a help section on top of the screen so take help of that you can provide help text & animation on each page.

start with creating simple, so I write code for creating a plugin which is below

Now the plugin is created but only its shows in the plugin list now there is a need to links on sidebar menu so that user can move on the pages by clicking on that. Now below code add two menus in admin sidebar menu. The below menu also connected with function my_magic_function & my_magic_function1.

Now Menu appears in the sidebar now on click on menu need to redirect on the page now I write a below code which creates the page on which user can redirect.

Now everything gone fine now the small plugin is ready but there is scanty of documentation now below code add the help text in above screen.

Now when you install this plugin in our wordpress set up then you can see the demo. I also attached the youtube video on which you also see the demo.

You can also browse the complete code by click on next button
code

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