WordPress Architecture For Beginners Presentation By Tortoise and Hare Software. View a video presentation on YouTube at https://youtu.be/1scepWIKbfI

1. WordPress
Architecture
For Beginners
WP Jax Meetup

2. Speaker Bio
• Hunter Nelson, President TNHS
• B.S. IT, Florida State 2009
• MBA, Florida State 2017
• 10 years in Software Industry
• Operational and Marketing Roles
• See LinkedIn for more
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3. 3
Digital Marketing Software Development Privacy Compliance
https://tortoiseandharesoftware.com/

4. Background & Target Audience
• WordPress Hobbyists and Beginners
• Non-Technical Folks
• Help See Forest Through Trees of WordPress
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5. Stone Age Web Requests
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End Users Requesting Web Pages Static HTML Documents

6. HTML Document?
• Open Notepad
• Copy Some Text
• Save As .HTML
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7. Static Vs. Dynamic - Static
• Not very useful on days other
than Sunday.
• Enter PHP
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8. Static Vs. Dynamic - Dynamic
• Use PHP to Dynamically Build a Piece of the Web Page
• WordPress uses PHP to build the entire web application!
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9. WordPress Architecture
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App Tier (A bunch of php files) Database

10. WordPress Architecture - Layouts
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• App tier defines
page structure
and logic
• Database holds
content and
configuration

11. Database – Dynamic Web Page Building
• Observe HTML of Post
In A Layout
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12. Database
• What’s in the DB?
• Majority of Page and Post Content
• Excluding Media Files
• Taxonomy (Categories, Tags)
• Comments
• User Data
• Configuration Options
• Plugin Created Tables
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13. Database – Options Table
• wp_options is the most likely to be modified directly.
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14. App Tier
• Rule #1 – Don’t modify WP Core!
• Rule #2 – Don’t talk about fight
club
• Important Stuff
• wp-config.php
• Connect to the database
• wp-content folder
• Not So Intimidating Now!
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15. App Tier - wp-content
• Most Edits and Customizations Will Be Here
• Plugins – 3rd Party Customizations/Code
• Themes – Typically Controls Visual Aspects of External “Front-End”
• Uploads – Stores Media Uploads Such As Photos
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16. Questions & Contact Info
• Hunter Nelson
• Hunter.Nelson@tortoiseandharesoftware.com
• https://tortoiseandharesoftware.com/
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