This is my starter plugin that I use for every project.

Installing

Clone this repo in an empty directory, remove the git and start your own git.

git clone git@github.com:janw-me/janw-plugin-base.git .
rm -rf .git
git init

Checkout the branches for features possible needed to setup.

Setup

Before actual starting there are several places that need to be renamed, This will rename most things:

mv janw-plugin-base.php your-slug.php
mv languages/janw-plugin-base-nl_NL.po languages/your-slug-nl_NL.po
find ./ -type f -not -path "./.git/*" -exec sed -i 's/janw-plugin-base/your-slug/g' {} \;
find ./ -type f -not -path "./.git/*" -exec sed -i 's/JANW_PLUGIN_BASE/YOUR_SLUG/g' {} \;
find ./ -type f -not -path "./.git/*" -exec sed -i 's/Janw\\Plugin_Base/Your\\Slug/g' {} \;

• composer.json
  • name (the user should probably change)
  • description
  • packages (yes please double check)
• readme.txt
  • line 1: with plugin title
• .phpcs.xml.dist
  • prefixes
  • text_domain
• janw-plugin-base.php
  • rename file (should have been done automatically)
  • Check all plugin headers
• Plugin wide seach-replace
  • Constants: JANW_PLUGIN_BASE
  • Namespace & Package: Janw\Plugin_Base
• clear this section and the install section.

Change php version

Default is set to 8.2, to update it change:

• janw-base-plugin.php
• composer.json (2 places)
• .phpcs.xml.dist
• readme.txt
• phpstan.neon.dist
• phpcs-fixer.dist.php

Change WP version

The default is 6.6, to update is change:

• janw-base-plugin.php
• .phpcs.xml.dist
• readme.txt

Bundled commands

Inside composer several extra tools have been added:

Code formatting:

• composer run phpcbf Run the phpcbf, an autoformatter.
• composer run phpcs Run phpcs, Checks style and syntax agianst theh WordPress coding stadard.
• composer run lint Run php linter, Checks syntax.
• composer run phpstan Run phpstan, Checks styntax, docblock, non existing functions/classes.
• composer run ci Run all the above syntax checkers at once.

Creating plugin zip:

• composer run createzip Will create a zip named 'plugin-slug.zip' in the plugin folder.
• composer run createzip-in-downloads Will create a zip named 'plugin-slug-0.1.0.zip' in the plugin folder.
• composer run createzip-with-version Will create a zip named 'plugin-slug-0.1.0.zip' in the Downloads folder.