WordPress Foundation

• Introduction to WordPress
• WordPress Installation
• Activating WordPress Themes
• Starter Theme & Child Theme
• WordPress Theme Directory Structure
• Widgetinzing Themes
• WordPress Permalinks
• Downloading & Activating WordPress Plugins 

PHP for WordPress Plugin Development

• Fundamentals, Conditional statement
• Loop, Functions, Arrays
• Object Oriented Programming in PHP

MySql Database for Plugin Development

• Database Basics
• Database Designing
• Create, Retrieve, Update & Delete (CRUD) Operations

Introduction to WordPress Plugins

• What is a Plugin?
• Available Plugins
• Advantages of Plugins
• Installing and Managing Plugins

Plugin Foundation

• Creating a Plugin File
• Sanity Practices
• Header Requirements
• Determining Paths
• Activate/Deactivate Functions
• Uninstall Methods
• Coding Standards

Hooks

• Actions
• Filters
• Using Hooks from Within a Class
• Creating Custom Hooks
• How to Find Hooks

Integrating in WordPress

• Adding Menus and Submenus
• Creating Widgets
• Meta Boxes
• Keeping It Consistent

Internationalization

• Internationalization and Localization
• Creating Translation Files

Plugin Security

• Securing Your Plugin
• User Permissions
• Nonces
• Data Validation and Sanitization
• Formatting Sql Statements
• Security Good Habits

Plugin Settings

• The Options API
• The Settings API
• The Transients API
• Saving Per-User Settings
• Storing Data in Custom Tables

Users

• Working with Users
• Roles and Capabilities
• Limiting Access
• Customizing Roles

HTTP API

• HTTP Requests & HTTP Response
• Making HTTP Requests in PHP
• WordPress HTTP Functions
• Reading JSON Data from a Remote API
• Sending JSON Data to a Remote API

The Shortcode API

• Creating Shortcodes
• Shortcode Tips
• Integrating Google Maps
• More Shortcode Quick Ideas

Extending Posts: Metadata, Custom Post Types and Taxonomies

• Creating Custom Post Types
• Using Custom Post Types
• Post Metadata
• Creating Custom Taxonomies
• Using Custom Taxonomies

Javascript, Jquery & Ajax in WordPress

Cron

• What is Cron?
• Scheduling Cron Events
• True Cron
• Practical Usage of Corn

The Rewrite API

• Why Rewrite Urls
• How WordPress Handles Queries
• Practical Usage of Rewrite API

Debugging and Optimizing

• Debugging
• Error Logging
• Caching

Marketing Your Plugin

• Choosing a License For Your Plugin
• Submitting to wordpress.org
• Getting your Plugin Renowned