bbPress is a phenomenal plugin that is an exquisite example of plugin development done well.

1. plugin development done right
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Pippin Williamson
bbPress forum moderator and core contributor
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2. Quick Intro
bbPress . . .

3. Quick Intro
bbPress . . .
is a fully integrated forum system for
WordPress

4. Quick Intro
bbPress . . .
is a fully integrated forum system for
WordPress
used to be custom version of WordPress

5. Quick Intro
bbPress . . .
is a fully integrated forum system for
WordPress
used to be custom version of WordPress
is now a regular plugin

6. Quick Intro
bbPress . . .
is a fully integrated forum system for
WordPress
used to be custom version of WordPress
is now a regular plugin
development is lead by JJJ

7. Quick Intro
bbPress . . .
is a fully integrated forum system for
WordPress
used to be custom version of WordPress
is now a regular plugin
development is lead by JJJ
is a community project

8. Quick Intro
bbPress . . .
is a fully integrated forum system for
WordPress
used to be custom version of WordPress
is now a regular plugin
development is lead by JJJ
is a community project
is located at http://bbPress.org

9. Quick Intro
bbPress . . .
is a fully integrated forum system for
WordPress
used to be custom version of WordPress
is now a regular plugin
development is lead by JJJ
is a community project
is located at http://bbPress.org
is awesome

10. Why it’s Great
it’s written the same way as WordPress core

11. Why it’s Great
it’s written the same way as WordPress core
it’s highly extensible

12. Why it’s Great
it’s written the same way as WordPress core
it’s highly extensible
uses core WP functions, classes, & methods

13. Why it’s Great
it’s written the same way as WordPress core
it’s highly extensible
uses core WP functions, classes, & methods
actively encourages community collaboration

14. Why it’s Great
it’s written the same way as WordPress core
it’s highly extensible
uses core WP functions, classes, & methods
actively encourages community collaboration
no unnecessary options

15. Why it’s Great
it’s written the same way as WordPress core
it’s highly extensible
uses core WP functions, classes, & methods
actively encourages community collaboration
no unnecessary options
fully and easily theme-able

16. Why it’s Great
it’s written the same way as WordPress core
it’s highly extensible
uses core WP functions, classes, & methods
actively encourages community collaboration
no unnecessary options
fully and easily theme-able
not bloated

17. Why it’s Great
it’s written the same way as WordPress core
it’s highly extensible
uses core WP functions, classes, & methods
actively encourages community collaboration
no unnecessary options
fully and easily theme-able
not bloated
has beautiful code with excellent inline docs

18. examples

19. inline docs

20. echo and return

21. filters everywhere

22. type casting

23. plethora of filters

24. actions during actions

25. only a few options

26. core WP ui

27. core WP ui

28. simple default styles

29. community help forums

30. online codex

31. issue tracker

32. thanks