WordPress Plugins - a resource list for developing your own WordPress Plugins
WordPress Plugin resource list
Using WordPress Plugins A starter article on how to use WordPress Plugins.
Plugins. The WordPress page on plugins. Short and sweet with a basic definition for plugins
Managing Plugins. Covers the management of plugins, including installation and troubleshooting
Plugin Application Program Interface (API). Documents the API (Application Programming Interface) hooks available to WordPress plugin developers, and how to use them.
Plugin Resources. Has a whole lot of useful links relating to plugins and plugin development. Very useful if you want to create your own plugin.
Official WordPress Plugin Directory Well, it?s the official directory of WordPress plugins
WordPress Plugin Database at wp-plugins.net Well, it?s a database of WordPress plugins at the wp-plugins.net site
Plugin Submission and Promotion Shows you how to distribute your new plugin.
Writing a Plugin Gives the steps needed to follow, and things to consider when creating a well-structured WordPress plugin
http://wp-plugins.org A repository and environment for plugins and plugin development. It includes a set of development tools aimed at assisting the active WordPress development community and is free to use.
http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/about/readme.txt Describes the format of a plugin
GPL Is a GNU site listing the requirements for the GPL license
GPL compatible license Alternative compatible licences to the GPL license
Reporting Bugs If you encounter any WordpPress bugs whilst creating your plugin, then you need to go here to see how to report these bugs.
Template Tags All you need on template tags. Includes a list of the general user tags available in WordPress, sorted by function-specific category.
Creating Tables with Plugins This article describes how to have your plugin automatically create a MySQL table to store its data.
Creating Options Pages Covers creating custom options panels in WordPress
Option Reference Lists the options, along with some of the default values from the current WordPress install.
Adding Administration Menus This article explains how to add custom administration screens to WordPress in a plugin.
Translating WordPress This article explains how translators (bi- or multi-lingual WordPress users) can go about localizing WordPress to more languages.
WordPress Coding Standards WordPress is working to gradually improve the code structure by helping users maintain a consistent style so the code can remain clean and easy to read at a glance. Read this article to see how you can help keep the code clean.
Inline Documentation This page is the start of the effort to add inline documentation to the WordPress core code to aid in future development, improvements and changes, as well as to assist others when learning about PHP and WordPress. Check it out.
How to Write a Wordpress Plugin An extensive, twelve entry series on the process of creating your own Wordpress plugin. Every step is covered, from ?Seven Steps for Writing a Wordpress Plugin? all the way down to adding ajax to your plugin and releasing it. This is an excellent article series for anyone interested in the process behind creating your very first Wordpress plugin. With code examples to help assist you, you will be on your way to future releases of your own plugins for the Wordpress community.
How to create WordPress Plugin from a scratch A great tutorial on how to write a simple plugin. The idea being to walk you through the steps you need to follow in writing your own plugin.
Using AJAX with your WordPress Plugin This post was written as part of the How to Write a WordPress Plugin series. More and more plugins are starting to use AJAX techniques. I personally don’t see a use for most cases of AJAX, but it may be necessary for your plugin to use AJAX to accomplish a task. This post will show you how to use AJAX with your WordPress plugin.
How to Write a Simple WordPress Plugin A quick tutorial on how to write a plugin.
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