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Creating custom tables

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Description

Details

  • Content type (Online Workshop, Lesson, Course, Tutorial, or Lesson Plan): Lesson
  • Content title: Creating custom tables
  • Topic description: Creating, versioning, updating schema, and deleting a custom database table.
  • Audience (User, Developer, Designer, Contributor, etc.): Developer
  • Experience Level (Beginner, Intermediate, Advanced, Any): Intermediate

Prerequisites

It is assumed that the learner has already completed the following lessons:

Learning Objectives

  • Explain why a plugin developer might need a custom database table
  • Describe the process of creating a custom database table

Related Resources and Other Notes

Automation Code

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  3. Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
  4. Open a pull request that references the issue number.

Research direction

Start with the linked WordPress developer documentation and the existing custom database tables tutorial, then review the listed Beginner WordPress developer prerequisites. The lesson is done when it explains why plugin developers need custom tables and covers creating, versioning, updating, and deleting a table schema.

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Assessment

Tech stack
php, wordpress
Domain
documentation
Issue type
Documentation
Difficulty
3/5
Estimated time
1-2 days
Activity status
Quiet
Clarity
Mostly clear
Newbie friendliness
45/100

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