WordPress plugin creation tutorial (1): How to Create a plugin

In the previous article, I wrote an overview of the WordPress plug-in creation tutorial according to the previous tutorial process. From this article, I will explain the WordPress plug-in production content. This article mainly describes how to create a plug-in.

I believe everyone knows where the plug-in Installation File is. That's right, in WP-content-> plugins, all the plug-ins we have installed are stored in this folder. When we first set up a WordPress website, two plug-ins are provided by default. One is akismet (the plug-in for filtering spam comments) and the other is Hello (the plug-in for displaying lyrics ). You can open the hello. php file. This plug-in is equivalent to the portal for creating the plug-in. You can see how to create a plug-in by viewing the content. As follows:

<? PHP/*** @ package hello_dolly * @ version 1.6 * // * plugin name: Hello dollyplugin URI: http://wordpress.org/plugins/hello-dolly/description: this is not just a plugin, it symbolizes the hope and enthusiasm of an entire generation summed up in two words into most famously by Louis Armstrong: Hello, Dolly. when activated you will randomly see a lyric from <cite> Hello, Dolly </CITE> In the upper right of your admin screen on every page. author: Matt mullenwegversion: 1.6 author URI: http://ma.tt/#// the plug-in name, plug-in URL, plug-in description, plug-in author, plug-in version, and author address are listed above. these contents are enclosed by '/**/' annotations.

Note that the plug-in name and plug-in folder name you created must be unique and unique, so as to avoid conflicts with other plug-ins. You can go to Google or Baidu to verify whether the name is unique. There is also a plug-in name that you get to let others know what your plug-in is doing. The folder name cannot use a Chinese name. The following is a brief description of the process.

First, you need to consider the complexity of the plug-in. If it is very simple, you can directly create a file. If there are many files involved, you need to create a folder. Either type requires name uniqueness, such as creating a plug-in folder named my_plugin, and then creating the following information in the file.

/*** @ Package hello_dolly * @ version 1.6 * // * plugin name: My pluginplugin URI: http://www.myplugin.comDescription: My first WP plug-in Author: mynameversion: 1.0 author URI: http://www.cnblogs.com/fxmbzw */

The standard plug-in information must have at least the plug-in name so that WordPress can identify your plug-in. Other information is displayed on the control panel plug-in management page. Standard plug-in information has no requirements on the order of each line. After the plug-in is created, the plug-in you just created will appear in your background. In this way, even if your plug-in is successfully created, you can add copyright information under the plug-in information.

/* Copyright year author name (Email: Your mailbox) This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the license, or (at your option) any later version. this program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but without any warranty; without even the implied warranty of merchantability or fitness for a participant purpose. see the GNU General Public License for more details. you shoshould have written ed a copy of the GNU General Public License along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation, inc ., 51 Franklin St, fifth floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA */

If you want to submit the plug-in to the WordPress official website, or give users a good description. You can add a file named readme.txt. This section describes plug-in functions, installation methods, instructions for use, applicable Wordpress versions, and plug-in updates.

Plug-ins are easy to create. You can add other content based on your habits and needs. For example, you can write an HTML page to introduce your plug-in. There is also a lot of research on the writing of existing plug-ins before you start to make plug-ins. The production methods of each plug-in are ever-changing. If there are good methods, make a timely summary. In this way, we can avoid many detours in the development process.

 

WordPress plugin creation tutorial (1): How to Create a plugin