Why?

Who will use your plugin?

BeginnersPower UsersDevelopers

10 Ways to Build a Developer

Friendly WordPress Plugin

1. GitHub / GitLabIssue Management

Pull Requests

2. Add Hooks

Actions Filters

ActionsRun code at a specific time or event

add_action()

do_action()

FiltersModify data being returned

add_filter()

apply_filters()

3. Coding StandardsWordPress PHP Coding StandardsPlugin HandbookPHPDocsPHPCS (Code sniffer)PHP PSR-x Standards

WordPress Standards

Plugin Handbook

PHPDocs

Code Sniffer (PHPCS)

4. OOPExtendsImplementsAbstractsAvoid method name collisionsOrganization and Reuse

5. Develop with Debug

6. Translations (18n).po & .pot files

7. Unit Testing

8. get_by… with a little help from my friends.

ID, Title, Slug, Meta

9. Deprecate Methods

_deprecated_function()

Bump Minor Version

10. Semantic Versioning

Major.Minor.Patch (4.7.2)

Major Version

Major or Breaking Changes

Minor Version

New Functionality(Backwards Compatible)

Patch Version

Bug Fixes(Backwards Compatible)

 

About MeMike HaleDeveloperRainmaker Digital

@MikeHalewww.mikehale.me