How to create a WordPress Plugin (Ajax Contact Form)

WordPress is a very popular CMS (Content Management System) use to create websites. It initially started out as a blogging platform but has evolved over the years. According to built with.com, WordPress has 50% of the entire CMS market. Personally, I am a Joomla fan, but I have come to appreciate WordPress and how easy it is, and specifically its support for PHP7 and HHVM, which Joomla lacks at the moment.

To create a WordPress plugin, you must have a basic understanding of PHP. PHP is very similar to other languages such as C++ and JAVA, so knowledge of those languages can be helpful too.

In this tutorial, we will create a WordPress contact form plugin that submits using AJAX and has Google Recaptcha2 to prevent spamming.

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