Digging Into WordPress

by Jeff Starr, Chris Coyier

There is much to learn about the World’s most popular publishing platform. From your first steps of learning about WordPress all the way through maintaining a site throughout the years, this book is packed with truly practical information.

Genres: Website Design, Nonfiction, Web, Programming, Technology

400 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 2009

Reviews

[Coral]

Ugh, while the authors are aiming for "lighthearted" and "funny," they just alienate readers who don't want to be assumed male and who don't like "your mom" jokes. Tech has documented issues with being woman-unfriendly, but they leave that junk in, even in their latest update. Gross.

I made it 28 pages in before I couldn't take it anymore.

Even before that, I was leery, because they say to build your site right on the server, rather than the generally accepted best practice (build locally, then upload to the server).

I am sure there is some good content, if you can put up with the dudebro accent the book is written in, but I recommend looking elsewhere if you've never been in a frat.

[Salehin96]

Digging Into WordPress by Jeff Starr is one of the best books I've ever read. WordPress enthusiasts who like to discover more about WordPress can take a look at here as well. I've found this blog very helpful.

[Leah]

Digging into WordPress by Chris Coyier and Jeff Star is my first "real" book on WordPress. Until now I'd learned what I needed with a mixture of the Codex, online how-to articles, critical thinking, and intuition. But I figured it best to study up, dig in if you will.

The book's format is near perfect: spiral-bound, color-coded, and listed in a logical "quick reference" style. I did notice, from about chapter seven on, there were typos and missing words (oopsy!) Its impressive 420 pages are crammed full of descriptions, explanations, tips, tricks, demos, and code snippets...finish reading this review.

[Michael Musgrove]

Great book on learning WordPress, and pretty timeless, considering it's about software. It has links to more resources as well. I think the newer editions are thinner than the edition I have, but still, it's a hoss of a book. And I love the design on the actual book- nice thick pages, spiral-bound so you can lay it flat, and colorful and easy to navigate and read. Just like Chris' other endeavors like CSS-Tricks and CodePen, this is top-notch.

[Tuncay Demirtepe]

I read the last version (Digging Into WordPress v3.1)

It's a good book to starting wordpress but not for advance developers.

[Anthuan Vasquez]

I improved my WordPress skills a long time ago with this book. Chris and Jeff did a great job explaining the WordPress core functions such as filters, actions, and more. From that moment on, I started creating better WordPress themes with a much more solid codebase.

[vijayan]

A good book which covers all the basics of WP.

[Juan Acosta]

Somewhat dated but very solid information about WordPress development.

[Beau Daignault]

Reading through the WP 3.3.1 edition. I'm new-ish to WP & this just about right for me.
Plus, I like Chris and Jeff's style.

[Jaseem Thayal Shareef]

This is undoubtedly "The Bible of Wordpress". Chris Coyier and Jeff Starr covers most of the areas, basic to advanced, with to-the-point examples and code snippets. Must read for Wordpress wannabes.

[Ulambadrakh]

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