A modern WordPress plugin boilerplate generator that creates a well-structured, object-oriented plugin with optional support for Elementor, WooCommerce, and Gutenberg blocks.

• 🏗️ Modern Object-Oriented Architecture
• 🧩 PSR-4 Autoloading
• 🔌 Optional Integration Support:
  • Elementor Extensions
  • WooCommerce Extensions
  • Gutenberg Blocks
• 🛠️ Development Tools:
  • Webpack configuration
  • ESLint and Prettier setup
  • SASS/SCSS support
  • Hot Module Replacement (HMR)
• 🧪 Testing Setup
• 🌐 Internationalization Ready

• PHP 7.4 or higher
• WordPress 5.8 or higher
• Composer
• Node.js and npm (for Gutenberg development)

1. Clone this repository:

git clone https://github.com/cmatosbc/wp-plugin-bash-generator.git

2. Make the script executable:

chmod +x create.sh

Create a basic plugin with the standard structure:

./create.sh "Your Plugin Name"

Create a plugin with Elementor integration:

./create.sh "Your Plugin Name" --elementor

This will create:

• Custom Elementor widgets structure
• Widget registration system
• Category registration

Create a plugin with WooCommerce integration:

./create.sh "Your Plugin Name" --woocommerce

This will create:

• WooCommerce hooks integration
• Settings page
• Product-related functionality

Create a plugin with Gutenberg blocks support:

./create.sh "Your Plugin Name" --gutenberg

This will set up:

• Modern block development environment
• Example blocks (static and dynamic)
• Block patterns
• Block extensions
• Full Site Editing (FSE) templates

You can combine any of the features:

./create.sh "Your Plugin Name" --elementor --woocommerce --gutenberg

1. Install PHP dependencies:

composer install

2. If using Gutenberg blocks, install JavaScript dependencies:

npm install

• Run PHP tests:

composer test

• Check coding standards:

composer phpcs

• Fix coding standards:

composer phpcbf

• Start development server:

npm start

• Build for production:

npm run build

• Lint JavaScript:

npm run lint:js

• Lint CSS/SCSS:

npm run lint:style

• Format code:

npm run format

your-plugin/
├── assets/                  # Compiled assets
│   ├── css/
│   ├── js/
│   └── images/
├── inc/                     # PHP classes
│   ├── Admin/              # Admin-related classes
│   ├── Api/                # REST API endpoints
│   ├── Blocks/             # Gutenberg blocks (if enabled)
│   ├── Common/             # Shared traits and interfaces
│   ├── Core/               # Core plugin classes
│   ├── Elementor/          # Elementor integration (if enabled)
│   ├── Frontend/           # Frontend-related classes
│   └── WooCommerce/        # WooCommerce integration (if enabled)
├── languages/              # Translation files
├── src/                    # Source files
│   ├── blocks/            # Gutenberg blocks source
│   ├── patterns/          # Block patterns
│   ├── templates/         # FSE templates
│   └── extensions/        # Block extensions
├── templates/             # Template files
├── tests/                 # Test files
├── vendor/                # Composer dependencies
├── node_modules/          # npm dependencies
├── composer.json          # PHP dependencies
├── package.json           # JavaScript dependencies
├── webpack.config.js      # Webpack configuration
├── README.md             # This file
└── your-plugin.php       # Main plugin file

1. Always use namespaces for your classes
2. Follow WordPress coding standards
3. Write unit tests for your functionality
4. Keep your code modular and maintainable
5. Use hooks and filters to make your plugin extensible
6. Document your code thoroughly

1. Fork the repository
2. Create your feature branch (git checkout -b feature/amazing-feature)
3. Commit your changes (git commit -m 'Add some amazing feature')
4. Push to the branch (git push origin feature/amazing-feature)
5. Open a Pull Request

This project is licensed under the MIT License - see the LICENSE file for details.

Created and maintained by Carlos Matos.