Welcome to the Treehouse Community

Want to collaborate on code errors? Have bugs you need feedback on? Looking for an extra set of eyes on your latest project? Get support with fellow developers, designers, and programmers of all backgrounds and skill levels here with the Treehouse Community! While you're at it, check out some resources Treehouse students have shared here.

Looking to learn something new?

Treehouse offers a seven day free trial for new students. Get access to thousands of hours of content and join thousands of Treehouse students and alumni in the community today.

Start your free trial

WordPress How to Build a WordPress Plugin How WordPress Plugins Work An Overview of WordPress Actions and Filters

Posted by Junaid Ahmed
Junaid Ahmed
2,163 Points

difference between filter and plugins.

difference between filter and plugins.

1 Answer

Laurie Gray
Laurie Gray
23,119 Points
Laurie Gray
Laurie Gray
23,119 Points

Hey Junaid,

Filters are part of the code of plugins - think of a plugin as a kind of completed mini app. The code inside that plugin would be something that changes something else in the code. To achieve this you would need to code in filters into the code.

Hope this makes sense.