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Author: Dan Imbrogno, Brolly

It seems like only yesterday, I set out to build my first ever Wordpress Plug-in. Bright eyed and bushy tailed, I poured over the Wordpress Codex, putting together the pieces of the process until I finally got the big picture. The Wordpress Codex is an amazing resource for anyone looking to get into Wordpress development; I strongly recommend any new developer read through the "Writing a Plugin" section.

While learning, I had a difficult time finding a straightforward template I could use as a base for my plug-ins. I wanted something that was clean and well-organized but also provided examples of more complex behaviours, such as: Internationalization, Widgets and Front and Back-End Ajax. I wanted to ensure my plug-in functionality was encapsulated inside a class structure so my functions and variables wouldn't conflict with the Wordpress Core, or other plug-ins.

I've finally gotten around to writing this template plug-in, and I thought I would share it with the community to get your feedback and improvements, and hopefully save new developers some time.