Even You and I Can Create WordPress Plugins…
You know about WordPress, the leading blogging software, right? You are reading a post in a WordPress Blog… Look at the url in your browser. Well, there is a product out there that shows you how to make your own WordPress plugins… from scratch!
Is it possible to write a simple script that is easier to make than 99% of the PHP scripts you’ll ever create? For those of you who’s eyes glaze over at the mention of PHP, HTML, AJAX, Perl and any number of other protocols that you believe are best left to people in white coats or who wear gigantic glasses and are best described as spotty… Hang in here a bit.
WordPress allows you to write PHP scripts in such a way that it “hooks” into the WordPress blogging software to make anything you thought possible.
There are THOUSANDS of amazing WordPress plugins out there. Now you can create your OWN plugin and either sell it to make big bucks or give it away to achieve big popularity. Puffing out One’s chest.
WordPress plugins are way cooler (Pop lang for you Americans out there) than regular PHP scripts because your users don’t have to worry about editing any files, installing databases, making chmods… or anything!
PHEW! Thank goodness for that.
Most of the headaches you’d USUALLY deal with when making a PHP script… is handled by WordPress. People upload one folder and they can do the rest in the WordPress dashboard. They click around and edit a few settings… it’s all stored in the existing WordPress database.
You would not believe what’s possible with WordPress plugins. You can create Google sitemaps, perform automatic backups, log and analyze all search queries so you know what to blog about next. There are tons of plugins out there that can save you time and money and make your blog completely different from anyone else’s.
Up until now, many people haven’t been familiar with WordPress plugins, and so many more marketers have been oblivious to the potential of selling a plugin.
In the last year you might have seen some best selling WordPress plugins crop up, ones to add a popup to your blog with one click… dripfeed content to your blog over time… reward visitors for commenting… even turn your blog into a review site.
The market is hungry for some paid WordPress plugins, the question is are you going to provide them or will someone else? Find out all about WordPress plugins at http://flpteam.wordpressoncrack.com
So, there you have it. This article was penned mainly by our very own PHP Guru who is not long out of short pants, Robert Plank.
And the reason why you might be interested is that if you have a fear of setting up websites or do not have the money to pay for someone else to do it, WordPress Blogs are free. Yup. Free. If you want to know how to install your own, you need just two things.
1. A Web Host that supports Fantastico.
2. A spare afternoon.
And if you still do not what I am banging on about, get started with a web account from MidPhase. It is the same webhost that supports my WordPress site so, obviously it works. Then look on UTube and find a video that shows you how to install a WordPress Blog using Fantastico.
You are in for a great treat!
Warmly,
Malcolm
PS TIP. ALL your Google AdWord advertising should point to a WP Blog…
PPS Don’t know what a “Plugin” is? Go HERE to Mashable.com
PPPS If I can install WP, so can you.
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Robert Plank 10.08.08 at 12:03 am
Hey Malcolm! Thanks for the promotion.
Good luck with your blog…
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