Professional WordPress. Design and Development

The highest rated WordPress development and design book on the market is back with an all new third edition.

Professional WordPress

WordPress started in 2003 with a single bit of code to enhance the typography of everyday writing, and has grown to be the largest self-hosted website platform in the world. This book helps you use WordPress efficiently, effectively, and professionally, with new ideas and expert perspectives on full system exploitation.

Get up to speed on the new features in WordPress 4.1

Learn cutting edge uses of WordPress, including real-world projects

Discover how to migrate existing websites to WordPress

Understand current best practices and tools in WordPress development

WordPress was born out of a desire for an elegant, well-architected personal publishing system built on PHP and MySQL, and has evolved to be used as a full content management system through thousands of plugins, widgets, and themes. is the essential developer's guide to this multifunctional system.