WordPress Plugin Development Resources
Some resources I’ve collected that will surely help in developing WordPress plugins.
Jean Galea
July 21, 2023
Dive into the world of plugin development in WordPress, focusing on creating custom plugins to extend and enhance the functionality of your website. Learn about plugin development frameworks, best practices for coding, and how to submit your plugins to the WordPress repository. This tag is perfect for developers looking to build tailored solutions for their WordPress sites or contribute to the WordPress ecosystem.
Some resources I’ve collected that will surely help in developing WordPress plugins.
Learn how to execute code specifically when a plugin is upgraded.
Plugins hosted on the WordPress repository enjoy a very neat and integrated update procedure whereby as soon as you upload a new version of the plugin, the users will get a notification in their dashboard saying that there is a new version available.
However if on the other hand your plugin is not hosted on the repository, you might be wondering if you can achieve the same thing. As you might have guessed, the answer is yes!
An important aspect of keeping your plugin well organised is to create a file and folder structure that makes sense.
I’ve recently done some research on how the leading plugin developers are structuring their plugins, and would like to share this with you.
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