I’ve been working on my WordPress plugin, but it’s not ready for a public release yet. There are still a few things I need to tweak, and the process has reminded me that building a plugin for other people is very different from building one just for myself.
What I Did
I’ve continued working on the plugin and thinking through what needs to be improved before it’s ready for other people to use.
Challenges
This is my first outward-facing WordPress plugin. I’ve built a plugin before, but that one was only for my own internal use. This time, I’m creating something for multiple users, which means I have to think much more carefully about the experience beyond my own workflow.
There are more UX gaps to consider, more edge cases, and more details that matter when someone else is going to interact with what I’ve built.
What I Learned
Creating a WordPress plugin for public use is not as simple as just making the core functionality work. There are many things to look into, especially when the plugin has to make sense to people who didn’t build it.
What Comes Next
I still have some tweaking to do before I’m comfortable releasing it publicly. For now, that’s about all I can reveal.