It must have happened to you before; You want to create a feature on your WordPress site. But do not find a plugin for the feature or you need to customize a plugin. If you are going to fix the problem yourself; Join us in this tutorial to follow the step-by-step method of making a plugin.
Tools needed to build the plugin
Never forget the tools needed to write and test the plugin. One of the most important things to test is having WordPress on localhosts. Before you first install your plugin on Local . Then test its performance and put it on the site. Another plugin required is having a php programming environment. You can choose it according to your taste.
Skills needed to build a WordPress plugin
Nothing is possible without the necessary skills and you can not start writing plugins without sufficient knowledge. To do this, you must be familiar with the concepts of programming and database. WordPress plugins are written based on php so you have to learn it too. To create a healthy code and implement your goals, you need to know the specific features of WordPress. Learn JavaScript, ajax and jQuery according to your needs.
Steps to build a WordPress plugin
First we need to create a folder with all the standard information and files.
Plugin folder structure
Usually in the plugin folders there are admin, css, images, includes, js and settings files. But there are two other files, one with the name of the plugin and the .php format. Note that the name you choose for the plugin should not be duplicate. And the last file that exists is the description of the plugin called readme and txt format.
Admin folder:
This folder contains all the code related to css, php, including the admin class, js, as well as split folders.
Include folder:
In this folder there are activator and deactivator files and controller files in general
Image folder:
contains all the plugin photos
Css folder:
has all the css related code
Js folder:
contains the JavaScript code of the plugin.
.Php file plugin
In designing any WordPress template or plugin, we must first go to its header. The plugin header has about 10 sections by default, the first 7 of which must be mentioned
Plugin Name:
This name is written in the list of plugins.
Plugin URL:
In this section, the URL where your plugin can be downloaded is located and must be less than 140 characters.
Version:
The third item noted in the plugin header is the current version.
Author Name:
In this section, if someone has implemented the plugin, the person name will be written. But if a team is involved in plugin design, the team name is mentioned.
Author URL:
The same as the URL of the author’s website or blog.
License:
If you do not set a license for your plugin, you will give Gpl2 a free license.
License URL:
If you have defined a license for your site, you must enter an address to obtain a license or information about it in this section.
Text domain
Domain path:
WordPress uses this path to get more information about your plugin.
Now the method of writing the header in the php file is attached as an image.
Note that the site header is written as a comment. And the information entered is displayed on the installed plugins page.
To avoid illegal access and maintain the security of your site, it is better to use a defined code snippet (‘ABSPATH’) or die (); Enter the header after definition.
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