Not that long ago I released my WordPress Plugin Templates and they were greatly received by you all. Through this wide spread attraction, it was inevitable that a flaw would be found and some improvements be suggested. So I took these suggestions and an idea I had, and updated these templates to allow for less editing of the template files and faster plugin development all around.
Download the Version2 Templates
Improvements
- New Folder Structure
- Easy removal of Admin page creation
- Quickly rename/alter plugin attributes with global variables in main.php
- Automatically gather all plugin files from the "features" directory
How to Use / What to Edit
In "main.php" there are 3 variables that you must edit for your plugin: $plugin_name, $plugin_ref, $plugin_abv (if you're unsure of how to fill those variables, the default values will clarify).
The only other thing you need to do is edit the admin-page.php and place all your main plugin files inside the "features" folder so that they will automatically be included into main.php (support files can be placed where ever).
Note: ANY file with a .php extension inside the "features" folder will be called into the main.php file.
The Structure
- /admin
- add-admin-page.php
- admin-page.php
- /features
- purpose.php
- main.php
Thanks for the useful info. It's so interesting
very nice article…keep on the good work
Very cool, I am doing some research on this topic and was glad to find your example files, I have been searching high and low for a decent plugin example that deals with all the newer file systems in version 2.8, I will keep up with your information, thanks
Thank you for the very useful template!
BTW, files in v2 seem same as v1's.
@Tai: They may appear so, but in V2 there's more security and a new way of including files into the plugin.
Thank you, Fire G.
But I tried "diff wp-plugin-templates/ wp-plugin-templates-v2/", and it output nothing. So could you check into v2.zip just in case?
@Tai: You were right. I've fixed the Zip, don't know how it got like that though, it was right when I posted... Thanks though.
Thanks again Fire G., for quick responses and the template!
I really appreciate it!
Way cool! "Features" plugin directory is excellent idea. Under what license can we use this? Thanks!
@SmashingWebsites: Thanks. It's free for anyone to use or modify.