Creating Your First WooCommerce Plugin

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

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Short description

Add a plugin header, check for the `WooCommerce` class, then hook a simple feature.

Steps

1. Create the plugin folder/file with a header.
2. Require WooCommerce (or check class_exists).
3. Activate and confirm no fatals.

Bootstrap check

<?php
/**
 * Plugin Name: Acme Woo Tools
 * Description: First WooCommerce extension.
 * Requires Plugins: woocommerce
 */

add_action('plugins_loaded', function () {
    if (! class_exists('WooCommerce')) {
        return;
    }
    // boot features
});