I would like to learn how to create a plugin from scratch, there are tons of tutorials out there on the internet, but they are either premium or not a reliable resource. would like to know which are the best resources available on the internet.
WordPress Plugin Development from Scratch. How?
A very first advice from me will be: Don’t follow the tutorials on the tutorial sites blindly they are full of bad coding practices.
Some of the resources that I follow:
And here is the list of Specific tutorials that you should consider going through, some are old but are still valid.
I guess this thread says nearly all
Additional to all above tutorials i recommend the following which best suites a beginner
Best wishes
I’m trying to create a plugin too.
First place that I would like to suggest you to walk through is Writing a Plugin from WordPress Codex.
Follow,What Hameedullah Khan Said.Additionally,I would like to suggest to you read the WordPress Codex.
http://codex.wordpress.org/Writing_a_Plugin
http://www.slideshare.net/davidfcarr/introduction-to-plugin-programming-wordcamp-miami-2011
I recommend this WordPress Plugin Development series of video tutorials by Alessandro Castellani:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0l7JTie_6jM&list=PLriKzYyLb28kR_CPMz8uierDWC2y3znI2
They’re completely free, and they’re great. He also has videos on other WordPress related topics, including a fantastic 64-videos series on how to create a WordPress theme from scratch. Really good stuff.