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Day 35: Exploring User Roles and Metadata
In the WordPress ecosystem, user management plays a vital role in controlling access, defining responsibilities, and maintaining security. Central to this functionality are roles and capabilities, which govern what users can do within a WordPress site. In this technical exploration. Roles and Capabilities: Definition:Roles and capabilities in WordPress form the foundation of the user access
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Day 34: an overview of Transients API, HTTP API and Rewrite API
Transient API is similar to options API. The only added benefit is adding the ‘expiration time’ to easily handle the cache. It uses wp_options table to temporarily store the cached information. “Transients are inherently sped up by caching plugins, where normal Options are not”. Transient expiration times are the maximum time. There is no minimum
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Day 33: WP APIs and their usages
WP Dashboard Widget API It was introduced in version 2.7. It makes it easy to add widgets to the administrative dashboard. The default available dashboard widgets are At a Glance, Activity, Quick Draft, WordPress Events and News, and Welcome. To add a new widget we need to use the wp_add_dashboard_widget() function. Action hooks To run the function you will
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Day 32: WordPress Transient API and HTTP API
In web development, APIs (Application Programming Interfaces) act as intermediaries, facilitating communication between different applications or components. This post delves into two distinct API concepts: Transients and HTTP, exploring their technical functionalities. 1. Transient API: 2. HTTP API: Comparison: Feature Transient API HTTP API Purpose Temporary data storage within an application Communication between web servers