DEVELOPER-TOOLING.MD

Developer Tooling

Editor

• Visual Studio Code
  • Intelephense: https://intelephense.com/
• PhpStorm
  • Support built-in.

Debugging:

• Xdebug
• PHPCS

Developer WordPress Plugins:

- Debug Bar: https://wordpress.org/plugins/debug-bar/ - show query, cache, other debugging info. If WP_DEBUG is enabled also shows PHP Warnings and Notices. If SAVEQUERIES is enabled also shows queries.
- Debug Bar Console: https://wordpress.org/plugins/debug-bar-console/ - Place to run arbitrary PHP.
- Debug Bar Shortcode: https://wordpress.org/plugins/debug-bar-shortcodes/
- Debug Bar Constants: https://wordpress.org/plugins/debug-bar-constants/
- Debug Bar Post Types: https://wordpress.org/plugins/debug-bar-post-types/
- Debug Bar Cron: https://wordpress.org/plugins/debug-bar-cron/
- Debug Bar Actions and Filters: https://wordpress.org/plugins/debug-bar-actions-and-filters-addon/
- Debug Bar Transients: https://wordpress.org/plugins/debug-bar-transients/
- Debug Bar List Script & Style Dependencies: https://wordpress.org/plugins/debug-bar-list-dependencies/
- Debug Bar Remote Requests: https://wordpress.org/plugins/debug-bar-remote-requests/
- Query Monitor: https://developer.wordpress.org/plugins/developer-tools/debug-bar-and-add-ons/

Misc

If you want to be listed on the office WP Plugin Directory, follow directions here: https://developer.wordpress.org/plugins/wordpress-org/

You may also want to look at Devin Vinson' repo that specifically supports WP Plugin Directory requirements: https://github.com/DevinVinson/Plugin-Directory-Boilerplate

10up recently released their own boilerplate/scaffolding for WP plugins: https://github.com/10up/plugin-scaffold/

WPPB

• Automatic Generator
  • https://wppb.me/
• Tutorials
  • Daniel Pataki, 7/2018, The WordPress Plugin Boilerplate 101: How to Get Started, https://www.codeinwp.com/blog/the-wordpress-plugin-boilerplate-101/
  • John Hughes, 8/2016, Building a WordPress Plugin Part 2: Getting Off to a Solid Start, https://torquemag.io/2016/08/building-wordpress-plugin/
  • Bars Unver, 7/2015, Toolbox of the Smart WordPress Developer: The WordPress Plugin Boilerplate, https://code.tutsplus.com/tutorials/toolbox-of-the-smart-wordpress-developer-the-wordpress-plugin-boilerplate--cms-23873
  • Rao Abid Ali, 8/2019, WordPress Plugin Development Using Boilerplate, https://www.udemy.com/course/wordpress-plugin-development-using-boilerplate/
  • Guillaume Kanoufi, 8/2015, How to Build a WordPress Plugin:
    • Part 1, https://scotch.io/tutorials/how-to-build-a-wordpress-plugin-part-1
    • Part 2, https://scotch.io/tutorials/how-to-build-a-wordpress-plugin-part-2

Source Material

• https://developer.wordpress.org/plugins/developer-tools/