It will save you the time of putting in place file structure, adding common files, creating basic plugin class, wiring common hooks that you might need, adding menu item, and more.
Go through the code and follow TODO items, renaming the class and variables and functions to suit your needs..
If you have lot of common things that you do from plugin to plugin, add those to your main template version and they will be available every time you copy it to new plugin...
Creating Sidebar that has its own widget system and can pull data from feed on your WordPress site.
Use the built-in Plugins tools to install from the repository or unzip and Upload the directory to wp-content plugins.
Activate the plugin through 'Plugins WordPress.
The output of the plugin teamplate can be seen by going to Settings > NS Plugin Template...
We'll try to answer any questions that come up in the forum here on WP.org, but this plugin is designed to save time for developers.
However, it can also be great place to start if you've never created plugin before, and there ton of resources out there to help you along your way...
Browse the code, check out SVN repository, or subscribe to the development log by RSS...
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