Creating Your First WordPress Plugin

Creating Your First WordPress Plugin — a practical guide to create WordPress plugin with clear examples you can reuse in real projects.

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Short description

Put a PHP file with a valid plugin header inside `wp-content/plugins/your-plugin/`, then activate it in Plugins.

Steps

1. Create wp-content/plugins/hello-plugin/.
2. Add a main PHP file with a plugin header.
3. Activate it in wp-admin → Plugins.

hello-plugin.php

<?php
/**
 * Plugin Name: Hello Plugin
 * Description: My first WordPress plugin.
 * Version: 1.0.0
 * Author: Imtiyaj
 */

add_action('init', function () {
    // Plugin loaded.
});