This entry is part 1 of 8 in the Plugin Development 101 Series
- Introduction to WordPress Plugin Development 101
- Plugin Development 101 – What Makes a Plugin?
- Plugin Development 101 – General Best Practices
- Plugin Development 101 – An Intro to Filters
- Plugin Development 101 – Registering a Custom Post Type
- Plugin Development 101 – Intro to Short Codes
- Plugin Development 101 – Intro to Loading Scripts and Styles
- Plugin Development 101 – Introduction to Adding Dashboard Menus
I’m beginning a new tutorial series on WordPress Plugin Development 101. It will start at the very beginning and look at the fundamentals of plugin development in WordPress. This is a quick video post
The series will cover the following topics:
- What makes a plugin
- What can/should be a plugin
- How to distribute a plugin (free and commercial)
- What are coding standards and why you should follow them
- How to test a plugin and ensure it plays well with other plugins and themes
- Coming up with ideas for new plugins
- And more intermediate topics


Awesome buddy, really great tutorial!
looking forward to it my friend.
Looking forward for the first installment
This is great, I’m looking forward to the intermediate topics.
Great start!
Great Stuff.
Wasjust reading about custom posts this morning and how it normally goes into a plugin. So this series will be great to watch
I absolutely can’t wait!
Looking forward for the complete series. Hope by the end, I can built atleast one simple plugin. Thanks Pippin.
I’m in … should be great.
Great to know about a new tutorial series from you, Pippin.
Nobody explains this stuff as clearly as you do.
It would be an awesome series. I hope you wont took much time to get it started. We aggressively waiting for it.
The next part should be out on Monday
Thanks so much for taking this on. I really look forward to this course.