An Introduction to Plugins and Hooks (with Special Guest Hello Dolly!)

Why is Hello Dolly still found in WordPress after so many years? It’s a fine starting point for learning about plugins and hooks! In this session, using the venerable Hello Dolly plugin as an example, I’ll explain the basics of how hooks work and how plugins use them to extend WordPress’ functionality. I’ll review action and filter hooks and the key elements of plugins, and show a few very simple examples of plugins that I created to illustrate how hooks work.

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