Messenlehner B., Coleman J. Building Web Apps with WordPress: WordPress as an Application Framework

2nd Edition. — O’Reilly Media, 2019. — 1256 p.WordPress is much more than a blogging platform. As this practical guide clearly demonstrates, you can use WordPress to build web apps of any type—not mere content sites, but full-blown apps for specific tasks. If you have PHP experience with a smattering of HTML, CSS, and JavaScript, you’ll learn how to use WordPress plugins and themes to develop fast, scalable, and secure web apps, native mobile apps, web services, and even a network of multiple WordPress sites.
In the book's updated second edition, the authors use examples from their recently released SchoolPress app to explain concepts and techniques throughout the book. All code examples are available on GitHub.
Compare WordPress with traditional app development frameworks
Use themes for views, and plugins for backend functionality
Get suggestions for choosing WordPress plugins—or build your own
Manage user accounts and roles, and access user data
Build asynchronous behaviors in your app with jQuery
Develop native apps for iOS and Android, using wrappers
Incorporate PHP libraries, external APIs, and web service plugins
Collect payments through ecommerce and membership plugins
Use techniques to speed up and scale your WordPress appForeword
Building Web Apps with WordPress
WordPress Basics
Using WordPress Plugins
Themes
Custom Post Types, Post Metadata, and Taxonomies
Users, Roles, and Capabilities
Working with WordPress APIs, Objects, and
Secure WordPress
JavaScript Frameworks and Workflow
Project Gutenberg, Blocks, and Custom Block Types
WordPress Multisite Networks
Localizing WordPress Apps
WordPress Optimization and Scaling
Mobile Apps Powered by WordPress
PHP Libraries, Web Service Integrations, and Platform Migrations
The Future