Plugin Builder
Gets started building a plugin using the WordPress Plugin Boilerplate in seconds, not hours. Speed up your development.
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·20 active installs·Updated 10 years agoAs of April 2026, Plugin Builder is a WordPress boilerplate plugin with 20 active installations and a 0/5 rating0. It has been downloaded 4.0K+ times in total. Requires WordPress 3.0.1+ and PHP false+. Available on WordPress.org since 2014. Last updated 10 years ago — may have compatibility concerns. Top alternative: HTML5 Boilerplate.
0/5Rating
20active installs
4.0K+total downloads
12 yearssince 2014
Overview
This is a plugin for WordPress plugin developers. If you don’t understand what PHP, HTML, CSS, add_action and apply_filters are then this plugin is not for you!
The WordPress Plugin Boilerplate is a fantastic tool for standardising WordPress plugins, and encouraging developers to use best practices. But manual editing of every file to enter the name of the plugin, the author name and all the other metadata is a bit of a chore. This plugin automates that process, giving you a simple form to enter your metadata, then when you hit the ‘Build’ button your new plugin is created with all the correct metadata.
But there’s more. You can also define Custom Post Types and even other custom classes which will have .php files created automatically, and all the relevant code to…
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Compatibility
| WordPress | 3.0.1+ requiredTested up to 4.7.33 |
| PHP | false+ required |
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Changelog
1.0.1
- Tested up to WordPress 4.7.1
- Fixed bug if util.php was included in more than one built plugin.
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