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WordPress

Jonathan Grieve
MOD
Jonathan Grieve
Treehouse Moderator 91,253 Points

Wordpress Codex vs Developer pages

It looks to me like Wordpress is phasing out the Codes and onto developer pages. Am I late to this gig or is this happening only recently?

Edit... Sorry I should give examples...

3 Answers

Kevin Korte
Kevin Korte
28,149 Points

It looks like the server two different purposes. The codex contains a lot of information in and around wordpress. The developer documentation seems to be a quick reference to functions and source code locations, likely for those hardcore wordpress developers who don't want to wade through the full codex.

Thats what it appears to me, but I simple just compared wp_query on both, and received vastly different results.

https://codex.wordpress.org/Class_Reference/WP_Query

https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_query/

Jonathan Grieve
MOD
Jonathan Grieve
Treehouse Moderator 91,253 Points

Hi Kevin, I'm sorry this is the first time I've notice a response to this thread :)

So I don't need to worry about replacing my Codex bookmarks with the Developer tools but definitely think about looking at them a bit more. Get familiar with that format. :)

Thanks!

Kevin Korte
Kevin Korte
28,149 Points

No problem man. I think you'll be good.

I hadn't seen the developer side before but I like the fast reference points it provides. :)