SPEAKER: Anthony Skelton
TIME: 11:45 am — 12:30 pm
ROOM: Calaveras
The topic will cover an introduction to working with the WordPress Customizer in Theme Development. It will cover a range of topics to get people going, including:
- Setting up your theme for the Customizer
- Add To / Remove default Customizer Sections
- Add custom Panels, Sections, Settings, and Controls
- Basic and Advanced Control Types
- Output settings on the front end
- 4.6 Validate Callbacks
- Tips for workflow and dry coding
- The future of the Customizer
We’ll also examine the Customizer method properties, including:
- Type: ThemeMod vs Option and why
- Transport: Refresh vs postMessage
- Sanitization: Built in and custom
- Callbacks: WordPress basic and Custom callbacks