Create Plugin Or Use Existing

  • Martin027

    (@martin027)


    11 years, 4 months ago

    Hi everyone!

    I haven’t been using WordPress long (about two weeks), and I’m having a real struggle with either using existing plugins, or creating them myself from scratch.

    I’d love to learn WordPress and how to develop in it, but, I’m finding that I’m investing far too much time figuring out how to make a plugin than just using one that’s already out there.

    The caveat is that I want to learn the WordPress framework, and use plugins at the same time. I don’t just want to use a plugin and not understand what’s going on under the hood. I hope that makes sense.

    Any advice would be greatly appreciated!

    Martin

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  • lisa

    (@contentiskey)

    11 years, 4 months ago

    no need to struggle: a good way to learn about how to make a plugin would be to start using various plugins to understand how they work.

    simple plugins would be worthy to create
    complex plugins for functions like ecommerce and calendar might be better to use what’s out in the marketplace
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    Recommended resources

    on conductorplugin office hours today there will likely be a demo/discussion about a new free plugin released called NOTE. you could listen in on the discussion to get some insights from creator. maybe listening in will help you with your struggle. since it is a live show—you might be able to ask a relevant question too.
    here is the announcement: for the show on Nov 20 2014
    “Taking your questions on the Note plugin and showing off upcoming features for #ConductorPlugin. Tune in 12P EST! https://conductorplugin.com/coh/ “
    the shows are recorded, but if you want to ask question during the show, need to listen live.

    MattReport.com (podcast) has interviews with various plugin authors. might give you some ideas how to proceed.

    WordSesh.org next month is a free, virtual event that you might look into. in the past various plugin authors have presented sessions.

    Sampling of more podcasts available on topics relating to plugins ie
    http://applyfilters.fm/
    wpcast.fm
    http://wppluginsatoz.com/

    Thread Starter Martin027

    (@martin027)

    11 years, 4 months ago

    Cool, thanks for the advice! 🙂

    What do you think the best method is to learning WordPress?

    lisa

    (@contentiskey)

    11 years, 4 months ago

    here’s what i did over a period of several years

    set up a website for development purposes, install a theme, set up a child theme, start adding content…..break and fix things…try to solve things the hard way and then discover there was a quick/easy solution already available…

    also:
    attend WordCamps
    attend local WordPress meeetups
    follow various WordPress dev pros on twitter
    listen in on live stream of loopconf.io
    create or join a wordpress dev mastermind group (might not be easy to find)

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