Generators that show you what you're building.
Most WordPress code generators are a form and a text area. You fill in twenty fields, get a wall of PHP, paste it into your plugin, reload the admin and find out whether you guessed right. We think that's backwards.
The idea
A generator should teach you the API
Every field is labelled with the argument it maps to, so the form doubles as documentation. You leave knowing which key does what — not just holding a snippet you are afraid to edit.
- —Argument names shown beside every input
- —Defaults match WordPress core defaults, not our opinions
- —Links to the developer handbook on every generated function
How it works
Entirely in your browser
There is no account, no server-side rendering and no telemetry on your inputs. The generators are JavaScript; your plugin details never leave the tab.
- —Nothing uploaded, nothing stored remotely
- —Work persists locally so a refresh does not lose it
- —Works offline once the page has loaded
Output
Three ways out
A snippet is fine for a functions.php tweak. A file is better for a plugin. A scaffold is what you want when the generator is the start of something real.
- —Copy to clipboard, formatted to WordPress coding standards
- —Download a single .php or .txt file
- —Zip-ready plugin scaffold with header, folders and bootstrap