And there’s a thing here that says “Be careful, you can break things.” So you need to say I understand. So I’m going to create a blank plugin and activate it.Īnd now we’re in the plugin editor, which did not come with this plug in that’s built into WordPress. But again, the only required bit is the plugin name. And you can put in your own web address, license, whatever you want. The author, you can do a handle like that. I like to put in a description and a version – 1.0. Now the slug you need that slug needs to be unique also, but it will make a new one off the name. So I’m going to call it “Topher’s Custom Plugin”. So this could easily be something with your name in it or whatever. And the only really required element on this form is the plugin name, you can see all the others are optional, you want to make it unique, something that no one else in the world is going to come up with.
So let’s activated right there.Īnd now over on the left, we have a new menu item called “Create a New Plugin”. So we’ll install it right now – many thanks to Otto for this plugin, because it’s great. And we’re going to install a plugin called “Pluginception” which is a plugin for making plugins. We’re going to start by going to the plugins page in WordPress, we’ll go to Add New.
#WORDPRESS CREATION WORKSHOP HOW TO#
This week, I’m going to show you how to quickly and easily make a plugin. Hey folks, welcome to another HeroPress Tip of the Week.