5 Steps to Develop a WordPress Plugin From Scratch

Whether you want to create a custom plugin for your own website or publish the plugin publicly we will help you learn where and how to begin.

We will walk you through all the steps involved in custom WordPress plugin development so that you can start developing and publishing your own custom plugins.

We will begin by covering a general introduction to WordPress plugin development and then describe in detail the various steps to make a WordPress plugin.

What Skills You Need to Develop a WordPress Plugin

You don’t have to be an expert developer to get started, but you will need some coding knowledge to be able to develop a working plugin and then publish it online for others to download.

WordPress plugins are developed in PHP so a basic knowledge of PHP is a must-have requirement and is the most essential aspect of plugin development.

You will also need some basic understanding of HTML and CSS so that you can control the plugin’s output. If you want to work with the new Gutenberg block editor in WordPress 5.0 you will also need knowledge in JavaScript.

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