I have really been digging into WordPress for the last few weeks. I have had more than a few request for custom WordPress themes, but I’ve never really bothered to do it.

The top plugin request I get is for an guest blogger header plugin. I had written a little how to using WordPress templates, but a plugin would be much better.

So the plan..

I’m going to build the plugin, documenting it as I go. In fact I plan to do it in more steps than necessary so that I will be able to cover just about every topic that you might need to build your own plugin.

If you would like to follow along with me I would suggest that you have some basic knowledge of php. A good place to start would be WWW3Shools Introduction to PHP

You’ll also need a good text edit. I like EditPlus, it’s a good basic html editor. Also PHPEdit is a good IDE editor for php.

It would also be a good idea to install a server on your home system. I use XAMPP Lite and have written a tutorial on running it with virtual host.

I should have the first tutorial up in the next day or so. Make sure you subscribe to the RSS.

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