The Right Way to Customize a WordPress Plugin/Theme

This event is for all WordPress users or people who have an interest in WordPress.

This is a very useful session for beginner developers.

The Right Way to Customize a WordPress Plugin without Break its Update process.

It’s very common for developers to customize and extend existing plugins to fit their own/client's needs, which is one of the great advantages of using open-source software. They often do it by making their changes directly to the plugin, though, which creates a security vulnerability and becomes a maintenance hassle.

I will talk about how to customize plugins/themes easily and quickly. I have added points below that I will cover in the event.

1. Hooks
2. Pluggable Functions
3. Extension
4. Fork or Patch
5. More and more with Q&A