I got all the documentation, and it looks ok. Of course I need to do a small test one first, but it seems easy enough. Of course the problem is that it seems to be a bit of work that might last longer than 20 minutes – and I am good at avoiding that!!
How to write a wordpress plugin
How I did it: Had a good reason to make one, read through the instructions, double-checked, then installed it on multiple sites to triple-check. I chose to distribute through wordpress.org, and that's done pretty well.
Lessons & tips: If you don't know SVN, just get the easiest SVN program you can find. For Windows, I used TortoiseSVN. Oh! And once you finish, it doesn't hurt to advertise:
Wordpress Protected Post Personalizer
Resources: http://www.devlounge.net/articles/releasing-and-promoting-your-wordpress-plugin
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I coded up a small plugin to have sponsor links show up on the home page randomly. Yay for me…
Well, I’ve done a whole bunch of hacking on other people’s plugins, so that’s a start. As for writing my own from nothing but examples, I still haven’t done that…


