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Hello and welcome all!

In this Guide, I will show you how you can develop plugins for the brand-spankin’-new latest version of WordPress 2.7.

What are we going to develop?
     A Plugin, that will add “Topic Icons” inside the content of each post.

Hasn’t this already been done before?
     Yes… yes it has been. It’s called “WP Post Icon” and you can find that plugin here at Linewbie’s WordPress Plugins Page

Then why re-invent the wheel?

• To have it compatible with WordPress 2.7.
• For added functionality.
• For learning to make plugins (you gotta start somewhere!)

So, let’s begin!

Step 0. Bare-Minimum Plugin Skeleton

In this step, we will cover the following:

• 1. Creating Commented Info Block
• 2. Creating Commented License Block

First, create a blank PHP file, name it content-icons.php, with the following content:

Please make sure that there are no blank spaces before: <?php and after ?>. If there are any spaces, the WordPress will break, complaining that headers have already been sent.

Now, create a folder (preferably with the same name: content-icons) and place the newly-created php file inside it.

Next, upload the folder into the plugins directory:

Go to the admin area, and select “Plugins” menu option. Once there, you should see the following:

The comment block reflects what shows up in the plugins admin area

As you can see from the above snapshot, what we wrote for the comment block reflects here, in the Plugins Admin Area.

So, with our ‘bare-minimum’ skeleton out of the way, let’s make this functional, by adding key functionalities!

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