EPT Empty Plugin Template

An empty plugin template to start with, including the most basic necessary stuff. Take this as some kind of workshop.

Author:Juergen Schulze, 1manfactory@gmail.com (profile at wordpress.org)
WordPress version required:2.8
WordPress version tested:3.1.4
Plugin version:0.1.1.2
Added to WordPress repository:17-02-2011
Last updated:03-03-2011
Warning! This plugin has not been updated in over 2 years. It may no longer be maintained or supported and may have compatibility issues when used with more recent versions of WordPress.
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Plugin URI:http://1manfactory.com/ept
Total downloads:4 953
Active installs:10+
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STILL BETA Use this emtpy wordpress plugin template to build your own.

Considering all the advices given in https://codex.wordpress.org/Writing_a_Plugin, https://codex.wordpress.org/Creating_Options_Pages and http://planetozh.com/blog/2009/09/top-10-most-common-coding-mistakes-in-wordpress-plugins/

Every important point will have it’s own page to explain.

Including:

  • multi language ability
  • uninstall routine
  • data delete routine (avoid orphaned data)
  • coding advices
  • security aspects (validating user inputs, nonces)
  • external third party stuff (Ajax, CSS, Javascript)
  • shortcode
  • WordPress scheduler (“cronjob”)
  • logfiles
  • capabilities

Remove plugin

  1. Deactivate plugin through the ‘Plugins’ menu in WordPress
  2. Delete plugin through the ‘Plugins’ menu in WordPress

It’s best to use the build in delete function of wordpress. That way all the stored data will be removed and no orphaned data will stay.

To do

More translations. Does someone wants to help?


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