Developers have spent countless hours working on a plugin that seems to be built just for you, just for this moment. If only it wouldn’t… This is a problem nearly every developer faces at some point during a project. Knowing how to safely customize functionality is key to building products that will stand the test of time (or major updates.)
This talk will cover the following topics:
- Tips for diving into a large codebase (like WooCommerce or Gravity Forms)
- Hooks
- Filters
- Overwriting functions
- Modifying returned content
- Requesting a change to a plugin