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# WordPress Plugin Boilerplate
The WordPress Plugin Boilerplate serves as a foundation off of which to build your WordPress plugins.
The WordPress Plugin Boilerplate serves as a foundation and aims to provide a clear and consistent guide for building your WordPress plugins.
## Features
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* Liberal use of `TODO` to guide you through what you need to change
* Uses a strict file organization scheme to make sure the assets are easily maintainable
## Usage
## Contents
The WordPress Plugin Boilerplate includes the following files:
* This `README`
* A subdirectory called `plugin-boilerplate`
The WordPress Plugin Boilerplate is ready to activate as-is (though it includes no real functionality).
1. Copy the `plugin-boilerplate` directory into your `wp-content/plugins` directory
2. Navigate to the "Plugins" dashboard page
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This will activate the WordPress Plugin Boilerplate. Because the Boilerplate has no real functionality, nothing will be added to WordPress; however, this demonstrates exactly how your plugin should behave as you're working with it.
If you opt to uncomment Line 77 which contains the following line:
`add_action( 'admin_menu', array( $this, 'plugin_admin_menu' ) );`
Then a new menu item will be added to the *Plugins* menu.
## License
The WordPress Plugin Boilerplate is licensed under the GPL v2 or later.
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## Changelog
### 2.0 (7 May 2012)
* Disabling the admin menu by default
* Initializing the attributes
* Combining the `admin_open` and `admin_close` into a single `admin` view
* Bringing some of the code up to the WordPress coding standards
* Added access modifiers for functions
* Implemented the single pattern
* **japh**. Merged upstream changes, maintained separation of uninstall functionality
* **mikkelbreum**. Restricted scripts and styles to load only on plugin settings page if it is enabled.
* **mikkelbreum**. Added the option for a plugin settings page
* **mikkelbreum**. Removed the need to customize the URL for `wp_enqueue_style` and `wp_enqueue_scripts`
* **mikkelbreum**. Corrected action book for `register_admin_styles`
* **tbwiii**. Listed jQuery as a dependency for both JavaScript sources
* **japh**. Added an `uninstall.php` placeholder
* **leewillis77**. Improved the way language files are loaded
* **wesbos**. Updated the year to 2013
### 1.0 (29 November 2012)
* Official Release
## Author Information
The WordPress Plugin Boilerplate was originally started and is maintained by [Tom McFarlin](http://twitter.com/tommcfarlin/).
The project is open-source and receives contributions from awesome WordPress Developers throughout the world.
The WordPress Plugin Boilerplate was originally started and is maintained by [Tom McFarlin](http://twitter.com/tommcfarlin/), but is constantly under development thanks to the contributions from the many WordPress developers throughout the world.