WordPress Admin Development

General

• Tom McFarlin.
  • Iterating on WordPress Administration Screen Design. 1/2018.
  • Customizing the WordPress Administration Menu (For User Experience). 4/2018.
• Tom McFarlin. Building WordPress Administration Screens (Components, Design, etc.). 2017.
• Rachel McCollin. Customizing the WordPress Admin. envatotuts, 2013.
  • 1: The Login Screen
  • 2: The Dashboard
  • 3: Custom Admin Menus
  • 4: Help Text
  • 5: Listings Screens
  • 6: Adding Styling
• Daniel Pataki. How to Add Admin Alerts and Error Messages to the Backend of WordPress. wpmudev, 2017.
• Daniel Pataki. A Quick and Easy Guide to Creating WordPress Admin Pages. wpmudev, 2017.
• Tom McFarlin. Creating Custom WordPress Administration Pages. envatotuts, 2016.
  • Consists of four parts.
• Tom McFarlin. Highlight a WordPress Admin Active Submenu. 2016.
• Bilal Shahid. Introducing the WP REST API Series. envatotuts+, 2016.
  • 1. Introduction.
  • 2. Setting Up and Using Basic Authentication.
  • 3. Setting Up and Using OAuth 1.0a Authentication.
  • 4. Retrieving Data.
  • 5. Creating, Updating, and Deleting Data.
  • 6. Internals and Customization.
• David Hayes. But Seriously, What is a REST API Anyway? wpshout, 2016.
• Aurelien Denis. How to Customize the WordPress Admin Easily. smashing magazine, 2012.
• Fred Meyer. Your Guide Into the WordPress REST API: An Interview with Josh Pollock. wpshout, 2016.
• Josh Pollock. Building Custom REST API Routes Using Object-Oriented PHP. torque, 2016.
• Tom Ewer. Developing a REST API App Series. torque, 2016.
  • Part 1: Getting Started.
  • Part 4: Creating Our React-Powered WordPress Site.
  • Part 5: Adding Custom Endpoints And Extra Touches.
  • Part 6: Exploring The Web With Third-Party APIs.

Dashboard

• Brian Jackson. How to Create a WordPress Custom Dashboard for Yourself or Your Clients. kinsta, 2019.
• Narayan Prusty. An Introduction to the WordPress Dashboard Widgets API. sitepoint, 2015.

Admin Toolbar

• Carlo Daniele. Customizing (or Removing) the WordPress Admin Toolbar. wpmudev, 2016.
• Craig Buckler. How to Customize the WordPress Toolbar. sitepoint, 2017.
• Colin Newcomer. How to Make the WordPress Editor Look Like Your Front-End Website. Themeisle, 2016.

Post Editor

• Brenda Barron. Your Totally Complete Guide to Customizing the WordPress Post Editor. wpmudev, 2015.
• Tom Ewer. How to Make the WordPress Editor Look Like Your Website. wpmudev, 2017.
• Nick Schaferhoff. How to Add Custom Styles to the WordPress Editor (Manually & Via Plugin). Torque, 2016.
• Tom Ewer. How to Add Custom Styles to the WordPress Visual Editor. wpexplorer, 2016.

Admin Columns

• David Mosterd. Customizing Admin Columns in WordPress. smashing magazine, 2017.
• William Tam. A Guide to Custom WordPress Admin Columns. WNET, 2015.
• Daniel Pataki. How to Modify Admin Post Lists in WordPress. Smashing Magazine, 2013.

Notices

• David Gwyer. Persisted WordPress Admin Notices Series. envatotuts+, 2018.
  • Consists of four parts.
• Jeff Starr. Complete Guide to WordPress Admin Notices. digwp, 2017.
• Tom McFarlin. Creating a Custom WordPress Messaging System (Parts 1-4). tutsplus, 2016.
• Tom McFarlin.
  • Displaying Custom Messages in WordPress, Part 1.
  • Displaying Custom Messages in WordPress, Part 2.
• Pippin Williamson. Admin Notices in the Network Admin. 2012.
• Pippin Williamson. Display Messages in the Dashboard with Admin Notices. 2011.

Contextual Help

• Simon Codrington. Up and Running with WordPress Contextual Help Screens. sitepoint, 2016.
• Pippin Williamson. Add Contextual Help Screens to the WordPress 3.3 Help Tab. 2011.
• Pippin Williamson. Modify the Contextual Help Tab on Any WordPress Admin Page. 2011.

Other

• Karan NA Gupta. Adding WordPress Admin Tables with WP_List_Table. wpmudev, 2017.
• Daniel Pataki. How to Display Post and Page IDs in the WordPress Admin. wpmudev, 2015.
• Collins Agbonghama. Using WP_List_Table to Create WordPress Admin Tables. sitepoint, 2015.
• Carl Alexander. Improving a System: Different Types of WordPress Admin Pages. 2019.
• Carl Alexander. Designing a System: WordPress Admin Pages. 2018.
• Carl Alexander. Designing a Class Representing a WordPress Admin Page. 2017.
• Chris Reynolds. Extend and Create Screen Options in the WordPress Admin. humanmade, 2018.
• Rebuilding the WordPress Edit Screen. humanmade, 2018.
• Shane Osbourne. Using Backbone within the WordPress Admin: The Front End. tutsplus, 2013.