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Why and How You Should Create WordPress Custom Plugins?

by Amy Brown WordPress Developer at WordPrax Ltd
In case you own a WordPress powered site or blog, you will most likely be searching for ways that helps make your site innovative and optimized. This is what makes WP plugins remarkably useful, as they act like small “cheat codes” that takes little or no time to add new features and functionalities to your site. Thanks to the plugins, you can easily make tweaks to your website functionality without messing with the codes.

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Fortunately, you can easily find a WordPress plugin for almost every function you can think of. While some are available for a cost, there are lot others that could be downloaded without shelling out even a single penny. What's more, even if you are a novice developer or any non-tech savvy guy running a WP powered site, you can easily integrate and use plugins to yield better results from your WordPress site.

But, what is you can't get what you need by using a pre-built plugin? Or you may want to expand the function of some already existing plugin. A good solution to such concerns is to build your custom plugin.

Why You Should Build a Custom Plugin?


  • Installing pre-built plugins often contains loopholes that makes them vulnerable to attacks.
  • By creating a plugin on your own, you can add more specific features to it.
  • Pre-built plugins are guilty of introducing unnecessary functionalities to your site and leaves irrelevant data around. However, bespoke plugins contain only required features and thus, do not add any unnecessary load on your server. This eventually helps in making your website performance faster.

How to Build a Custom Plugin?


You can choose to build a custom plugin on your own, by going through the several tutorials available online. But, if coding isn't your thing it is better to seek professional assistance by hiring a reputed WordPress Web Development Company. But with dozens of development companies out there, finding the most suitable one that befit your project needs can be a daunting proposition. However, finding the right partner is more crucial than saving a few bucks in your plugin development project.

Here are some essential tips that will help you make the right decision on choosing a WordPress development company:


  •     Try to search for a company that is interested in learning more about the project and guide you what's best for your project. In fact, such a company will also help you provide their valuable input based on their experience with working on similar WordPress plugin development projects.
  •     You should assess a portfolio of your company's development team. Since plugins are primarily designed to enhance WordPress install functional ability, when looking at the development team's portfolio keep an eye out for what new features and functions their plugins help to provide.
  •     Lastly, you can check out potential references provided by your friends and people within your own network. Ask them what sort of services they've received and whether they were satisfied with the end-product or not.

Abiding by the aforementioned key points will hopefully help you find the ritgh development partner for your project.

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About Amy Brown Advanced   WordPress Developer at WordPrax Ltd

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