Get Started With Wordpress Plugins

Jun 25th, 2011

🦖 This post was published in 2011 and is most likely outdated.

The purpose of this article is to get you started with Wordpress plugin.

1. Create a PHP file in wp-content/plugins with the name of the plugin, let’s say qpleple-plugin.php. Add some metadata and one first function:

   <?php
   /*
   Plugin Name: qpleple plugin
   */
          
   function qpleple_page($page)
   {
       echo '<a href="http://qpleple.com/' . $page . '">' . $page . '</a>';
   }
   

2. The plugin qpleple-plugin is now listed on the plugin page in the admin console. Activate it.

3. You may now call all the functions of qpleple-plugin.php into your theme:

   You may want to read: 
   <?php qpleple_page("get-started-with-wordpress-plugins") ?>
   

Going further

Of course, now you want to know more about it. I am kind enough to give you some leads:

• Writing a Plugin (wordpress.org) : official documentation
• Top 10 Most Common Coding Mistakes in WordPress Plugins (planetozh.com)
• Getting Started Writing WordPress Plugins (fuelyourcoding.com)

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