Utilizing the WordPress Dashboard UI in Your Plugin

I will identify common UI elements in the WordPress admin and discuss how you can take advantage of those elements when developing your own plugin. One of the most frustrating things I encounter is when a plugin developer decides that they want to design their plugin in a way that doesn’t conform to WordPress standards. It makes it difficult for users to become familiar with the dashboard interface when each screen works in a different fashion. I’ll cover CSS styles, standard wp-admin html markup,and WP_List_Table to handle table lists.