Brad Williams & David Damstra 
Professional WordPress 
Design and Development

The highest rated Word Press development and design book on the
market is back with an all new third edition.

Professional Word Press is the only Word Press book
targeted to developers, with advanced content that exploits the
full functionality of the most popular CMS in the world. Fully
updated to align with Word Press 4.1, this edition has updated
examples with all new screenshots, and full exploration of
additional tasks made possible by the latest tools and features.
You will gain insight into real projects that currently use
Word Press as an application framework, as well as the basic usage
and functionality of the system from a developer’s perspective. The
book’s key features include detailed information and real-world
examples that illustrate the concepts and techniques at work, plus
code downloads and examples accessible through the companion
website. Written by practicing Word Press developers, the content of
this edition focuses on real world application of Word Press
concepts that extend beyond the current Word Press version.

Word Press started in 2003 with a single bit of code to enhance
the typography of everyday writing, and has grown to be the largest
self-hosted website platform in the world. This book helps you use
Word Press efficiently, effectively, and professionally, with new
ideas and expert perspectives on full system exploitation.

* Get up to speed on the new features in Word Press 4.1

* Learn cutting edge uses of Word Press, including real-world
projects

* Discover how to migrate existing websites to Word Press

* Understand current best practices and tools in Word Press
development

Word Press was born out of a desire for an elegant,
well-architected personal publishing system built on PHP and My SQL,
and has evolved to be used as a full content management system
through thousands of plugins, widgets, and themes. Professional
Word Press is the essential developer’s guide to this
multifunctional system.

About the author

Brad Williams is the cofounder of Web Dev Studios.com and App Presser.com, a cohost of the Drad Cast Word Press podcast, and the coauthor of Professional Word Press Plugin Development.

David Damstra is Vice President of Marketing Services and Creative Director for CU*Answers where his team of developers empowers clients with Word Press.

Hal Stern is an IT executive with a major healthcare company. He is coauthor of Blueprints for High Availability, also from Wiley.

Wrox Professional guides are planned and written by working programmers to meet the real-world needs of programmers, developers, and IT professionals. Focused and relevant, they address the issues technology professionals face every day. They provide examples, practical solutions, and expert education in new technologies, all designed to help programmers do a better job.