This series of tutorials will take you through how to write your first WordPress plugin. Tutorials in this series will cover everything from the very basics of how to write your first plugin, to the the process of writing very advanced plugins. I will walk you through everything from how plugins work, to how to organize your plugin’s files/folders. We start with writing your very first WordPress plugin.
- How to Begin Writing Your First WordPress plugin
- Structuring Your First WordPress Plugin
- Writing Your First WordPress Plugin Part 3
- Writing Your First WordPress Plugin Part 4
- Writing Your First WordPress Plugin Part 5
- Writing Your First WordPress Plugin Part 6
- Writing Your First WordPress Plugin Part 7 - Final
Hey, Totally awesome tutorial!!! thanks!!
Nice tutorial . Really Awesome. I can say for beginners like me this is the BEST till date. Thanks a lot
Hey Pippin! I just wanted to thank you for this tutorial series. I had wanted to create my own plugin for eons and didn’t know where to begin. Your series made it simple, even for a noob =D
Today, my plugin was accepted to the repository and I couldn’t be happier, thanks SO much!!!!!!!
BTW – I got a kick out of each video as you say “this is pippin from pippins plugins and pippins pages..” LOL
Great! I’d love to see what you came up with!
…well, if you promise not to laugh … too much =D It’s VERY basic.
(I had it all set up with the file structure you laid out in the series at one point, but in the end I didn’t include it all that way.)
http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/santas-christmas-countdown/
Ha that is awesome! I love those kind of little plugins, they’re just fun
Hehehe, thanks, Pippin! Couldn’t have done it without you. I’m working on a couple of other little ones, just learning as I go =D
Gr8 tutorial , Love you site already mate , got your link from youtube . Thanks a lot for such kind of tutorial
Thanks friend, it is a great tutorial.
Thank you so much PippinsPlugins, I’m enjoying this series of about writing my first WordPress plugin.
It’s a nice series, but the more comfortable and understandable method would be written tutorials about all seven videos.
What sort of skills do you recommend to be able to confidently build a WordPress plugin ?
You need to have a good understanding of PHP and how WordPress is structured and how it functions. Those are the primary skills needed.
Thanks for the reply Pippin.
I am just starting out, and was wondering what you suggest are the better resources to get a better understanding of PHP and WordPress to help with understanding how a plugin is put together. With so many sites, and promises, it can be hard to know what would be better. I have looked over a number of sites, but would like to hear your opinion.
Thanks again.
Regards
Rob
I’d highly recommend that you follow Jeffrey Way’s PHP course on nettuts.
Thanks for the info Pippin.
Shame you don’t do your own series for people starting out with it, as i would rather contribute the $$$ towards continually building this site.
Regards
Rob
I do have a course on Plugin Development 101, but it assumes some basic PHP knowledge: http://pippinsplugins.com/series/plugin-development-101/