Title: A Cry for Help: developing a simple plugin.
Last modified: August 18, 2016

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# A Cry for Help: developing a simple plugin.

 *  [clarke1866](https://wordpress.org/support/users/clarke1866/)
 * (@clarke1866)
 * [21 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/a-cry-for-help-developing-a-simple-plugin/)
 * Greetings all,
 * I have come up with an idea for what I think could be a very interesting plugin,
   but I am having trouble integrating the already written php code into WP. Here
   is what I would like to do:
 * — Have a menu under ‘options’ in the admin pannel that lets users set a variety
   of options regarding how the plugin is to perform.
 * My setup would be (I think, based on what I have read in the codex): File A, 
   the one that does all the work, File B, allows for customization of the paramters
   used in File A, and File C, the one that calls the customization page from WP.
   Does this make sense?
 * Here is my sample code to call the customization page and create an options page
   in the admin backend (note that it doesn’t work!):
 * The code goes here, but I can’t paste it! Frustrating!
 * This is based on the example provided in the codex, but I sure can’t get it to
   work! What am I doing wrong? I’ve looked at other plugins that do this but they
   all seem to miles ahead of mine in complexity. This should be simple: allow users
   to set parameters in a menu (instead of editing them inside the php).
 * The plugin itself doesn’t do anything with any wordpress variables (at the moment)
   but rather it is a page WP users would link to that would provide specific information
   for visitors. Can anyone provide any assistance or point a php/ wp novice in 
   the right direction?

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 *  Thread Starter [clarke1866](https://wordpress.org/support/users/clarke1866/)
 * (@clarke1866)
 * [21 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/a-cry-for-help-developing-a-simple-plugin/#post-158823)
 * I have to fool WP here into allowing me to paste the code. Damn this is frustrating!
   I’ve replaced brackes with hyphens. Example Code:
 * Plugin Name: Sample Menu Test
    Plugin URI: [http://wordpress.org](http://wordpress.org)
   Description: Menu Test Author: Nobody Author URI: [http://example.com](http://example.com)
 * function AddCrazyOptionPage
    -add_options_page-__-“Crazy Options”-, __-‘Crazy
   Options’-, 9, ‘somefilesomewhere’-; }
 *  Moderator [James Huff](https://wordpress.org/support/users/macmanx/)
 * (@macmanx)
 * [21 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/a-cry-for-help-developing-a-simple-plugin/#post-158844)
 * You may want to take a a look at this. I’m not sure if it’s exactly what you’re
   looking for, but it is entitled “How to Write a Simple WordPress Plugin”, and
   it is from one of the WP Devs:
 * [http://www.asymptomatic.net/archives/2005/02/22/1328/how-to-write-a-simple-wordpress-plugin/](http://www.asymptomatic.net/archives/2005/02/22/1328/how-to-write-a-simple-wordpress-plugin/)
 *  [typey](https://wordpress.org/support/users/typey/)
 * (@typey)
 * [21 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/a-cry-for-help-developing-a-simple-plugin/#post-158854)
 * In order to post code, enclose it with backticks; it will then not be interpreted.
 *  Thread Starter [clarke1866](https://wordpress.org/support/users/clarke1866/)
 * (@clarke1866)
 * [21 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/a-cry-for-help-developing-a-simple-plugin/#post-158873)
 * I figured out that it was complaining about… here is my code:
    ` /* Plugin Name:
   Sample Menu Test Plugin URI: http://wordpress.org Description: Menu Test Author:
   Nobody Author URI: http://example.com */
 * function AddCrazyOptionPage()
    { add_options_page(__("Crazy Options"), __('Crazy
   Options'), 9, 'somefilesomewhere'); }
 * Macmanx, thanks for the link. It is a good resource no doubt, but I doubt what
   I envision will need to interact with WP’s hooks and filters. It just needs to
   have a menu link and customization page.

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 * 4 replies
 * 3 participants
 * Last reply from: [clarke1866](https://wordpress.org/support/users/clarke1866/)
 * Last activity: [21 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/a-cry-for-help-developing-a-simple-plugin/#post-158873)
 * Status: not resolved

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