Simple Intro Into the World of WordPress Plugins
WordPress catches a lot of flack for it’s code and it’s history of security issues. All things considered though it’s a very flexible system and there is an ecosystem that has built up around it’s plugin-system. Now Bruno Goncalves has boiled down the steps necessary to build a rudimentary plugin into an easy to understand tutorial.
I do wish this tutorial had been around last year when I was writing plugins. The hardest thing about the entire process was getting started. now Bruno gives you most of what you need to get a simple plugin written.
With just this rudimentary understanding of the WordPress plugin API and some knowledge of php, you should now be able to contribute a useful plugin to WordPress’s community.
The tutorial is only for the motivated. Bruno glosses over some important issues to keep things simple. he does however, provide lots of source code to read and even a lint to download the finished plugin so you can dissect the finished product. All in all, if you want to break into writing WordPress plugins, this is a good place to start.
Comments
Great find on this - will come in handy for one of our upcoming projects; one of the few blogs I enjoy reading.
Best,
Roj