In the second part of our series, we got ourselves off to a structured start by using the WordPress Plugin Boilerplate to erect some sensible scaffolding around our future code. By taking this approach, we were able to kick things off with a substantial amount of best plugin practices baked in for free. This time around, we’ll look at giving some of our future user-created content a home of its own in the back end by using a custom post type. This will give us an opportunity to take some baby steps in actually using the WordPress Plugin Boilerplate itself, and […]

In the first part of our series on building a plugin, we kicked things off with some general background information on plugins, then cobbled together a very basic Hello World example to prove that creating a functioning plugin of some sort is within everyone’s grasp. Eagle-eyed readers may have spotted that our initial approach to making a plugin was a little on the slapdash side. We simply wanted to see something on the screen, and weren’t too concerned about what was happening behind the scenes. This time around we’ll get a bit more organized, employing a handy piece of kit called […]

Plugins have played such a crucial role in driving WordPress’ continuous success over the years that it’s impossible to imagine the platform without them. However, while we’ve all probably popped the hood of a theme in order to make a few stylistic tweaks at some stage, the inner workings of plugins are still a mystery for many WordPress users. There remains a slight sense of uncertainty and unease among non-technical users about what exactly is going on behind the scenes. That’s a situation we’re setting out to shed some light on in our six-part guide to building a WordPress plugin from […]