WordPress Plugin Development from Scratch. How?

Question

I would like to learn how to create a plugin from scratch, there are tons of tutorials out there on the internet, but they are either premium or not a reliable resource. would like to know which are the best resources available on the internet.

Answer 1

A very first advice from me will be: Don't follow the tutorials on the tutorial sites blindly they are full of bad coding practices.

Some of the resources that I follow:

• Mark on Wordpress
• Justin Tad Lock (You can also buy the copy of his e-book Professional Wordpress Plugin Development)
• Otto on Wordpress
• scribu's development blog

And here is the list of Specific tutorials that you should consider going through, some are old but are still valid.

• http://markjaquith.wordpress.com/2006/03/04/wp-tutorial-your-first-wp-plugin/
• http://www.devlounge.net/extras/how-to-write-a-wordpress-plugin

Answer 2

I guess this thread says nearly all

Answer 3

Follow,What Hameedullah Khan Said.Additionally,I would like to suggest to you read the WordPress Codex.

http://codex.wordpress.org/Writing_a_Plugin

http://www.slideshare.net/davidfcarr/introduction-to-plugin-programming-wordcamp-miami-2011