7 awesome tutorials for beginners to build a wordpress plugin. Today this platform occupies the biggest share in blogging and CMS market. According to Matt, he himself estimates that more than 60% of peoples uses wordpress to power their eCommerce websites or online business. And this rate is never going to move down.
Tutorials To Build WordPress Plugin
The only reasons for the popularity of this blogging platform all across the world is the ease with which it can be extended. Plugins or addons are most essential for every blogger or webmaster. For every individual task you might think of, their is one addon present in the market to serve you. From search engine optimization to entertainment, from image galleries to videos, from forums to security, for every ins and outs their is one plugin available.
So why should I create wordpress plugin ?
Their could be so many reasons to this questions. Their are hundred and thousands of web based services which make their profit through WordPress plugin development. And according to me the most appropriate answer would be.
- To improve you web presence and authorship as developer.
- You authority in this evergreen platform.
- To build thousands of free do-follow backlinks to your blog.
- To increase your social influence.
- To contribute in open source development… and finally.
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But the way is not so easy. You have to struggle.
Plugins are created so as to introduce the other functionalists to your website without touching the core codes of wordpress. This is the most secured and the easiest method.
But the way to the professional wordpress plugin development requires lots of knowledge in PHP, CSS, Java and the other basic languages. But then you have to also take care of the basic requirements like commenting, naming and many other. Finally once you complete your task you have to wait for the security review.
The best way to develop or create a plugin is to follow the direct steps listed in WordPress Codex. This guide offers the whole complete set of basic to advance steps to beginners.
It shows :
- How to write the file name and folders.
- How to create a documentation.
- How to provide the standard introductory information through PHP.
- In this guide you will also find all the links to different sources and other simple information on tags, templates, working and mechanism.
This is the official guide but it has no images or videos. This makes it really boring as you have to read almost 3500+ words. So your task becomes more difficult to achieve.
Tutorials To Build WordPress Plugin
Inorder to make your task a little bit more simple and entertaining, I am listing out few of the most awesome tutorials from all across the web. I wish you will like them all.
Smashing Magazine : Embeddable Content Plugin For WordPress
This plugin will let you share your website’s content with other websites or blogs. In simple terms you will be able to add the recent posts from other sites, or will be able to share your most popular images with the community. This is one of the most insightful article which offers complete information on each and every step.
Hongkiat : Beginner’s Guide
Its the very basic guide created specially for every beginners. It offers important points to be consider and the very basic steps to structure the folders, PHP coding, naming and conventions. Offers the knowledge on functionality of filters and hooks, plugin logic.
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net tuts : Create WordPress Plugin From Scratch
In this article you will learn how to build a wordpress plugin which has the capability to connect with external OSCommerce database. You will also learn how to customize the look using the CSS and the PHP logic. This is perfect for those who already know the basics of web development and programming.
Sitepoint : AJAX Contact Form
Learn how to build a wordpress plugin to create an Ajax based contact form in your website. This guide is very helpful with lots of guided information and highlighted codes. Must for everyone who want to move ahead with advanced programming languages.
WP Candy : Functionality Plugin
You are going to develop a very simple and innovative plugin which will act as the most important part of your website. It will just replace your function.php file which retaining all its properties.
Actually when we want any changes in the theme, we add the desired codes in the function file, but this can seriously affect the power and function of your theme. So we will use this functionality plugin. This tutorial is really awesome.
Webdesigner Depot : Creating Your First Plugin { Series }
A simple tutorial to create a plugin for wordpress. A very simple introduction to the core requirements, benefits and the best practices. Actually its a series of different tutorials, and according to me its a must for every beginner.
Pippin : WordPress Plugin Development 101
A very simple video tutorial which explains the fundamentals of the development of any particular addon. The total video length is less than 5 minutes. So its easy, interactive and fun.
So these were few of the most amazing and informative guides on ” how to build a wordpress plugin “. They all are easy to read and understand. But I will suggest to learn few basic from the wordpress codex. This will help you in understanding the coding a little bit better. Till then enjoy this post, have a nice day ahead.
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Hey Vivek, thanks for the great post.. In all honesty which one would you say to be the best tutorial out of the 7.. I often find that some tutorials start well but end badly, I would like to know which one out of the 7 you would recommend the most. Thanks!
According to me personally, I will suggest to move with the tutorials provided by sitepoint and smashing magazine. I have read their guide and both of the guides are superb. You should also consider moving with Webdesigner Depot ( my favorite ) tutorial. Actually its a series and is very beneficial for every beginner.
Thanks man. Going to take a look at WordPress Plugin Development Essentials 101 and code my own plugin.
This guide is really awesome. Full details on each and every part.