What is a plugin?

As a WordPress developer, you will often need to create custom functionality for a WordPress website. In this video, you will be introduced to WordPress plugins, which are packages of code that can be installed on a WordPress website to add new features or functionality. — View this lesson and others in this course on Learn WordPress: https://learn.wordpress.org/course/beginner-wordpress-developer/ 0:00 Introduction 0:04 What is a plugin 0:23 Why use a plugin 0:52 The WordPress plugin directory 1:09 The structure of a WordPress plugin 2:07 The plugin developer handbook