Are you a WordPress Plugin developer? WordPress Plugins allow easy modification, customization, and enhancement to a WordPress blog. Instead of changing the core programming of WordPress, you can add functionality with WordPress Plugins.
As I usually do all my Java and PHP development in Eclipse, I started exploring subversion SVN plugin
for Eclipse and it worked very well for me.
In this tutorial we will go over steps on how to setup Eclipse for WordPress Plugin development and commit.
Let’s get started:
Step-1
Download Eclipse IDE for Java EE Developers
from here: http://www.eclipse.org/downloads/
Step-2
- Open Eclipse
- Click on
Help
- Click on
Eclipse Marketplace...
Step-3
- Search with keyword
subversion
as you see in below diagram. - Choose
Subversion - SVN Team Provider 3.0.0
- Click
Install
button
Step-4
- Select all components and click
Next
- Click
Confirm
- Click
Finish
- Follow the next steps to install the selected
Subversive
features using the standard plug-in installation procedure. Restart
Eclipse after installation
Step-5
- Click on
Open Perspective
Icon - Choose
SVN Repository Exploring
Step-6
- Next screen will ask you to install
Subversion SVN Connectors
. - Choose
SVN Kit 1.8.11
and clickinstall
- Follow complete
install process
Restart
your Eclipse if popup ask you to restart it.
Step-7
- Click
New
->File
->Other
… ->Repository Location
- Click
Next
andadd
your plugin SVNURL
,Username
&Password
and you are all set.
Update URL to your Plugin URL:
https://plugins.svn.wordpress.org/all-in-one-webmaster/
Step-8
Right Click
on SVN Repository and Click on Checkout
. This will create local copy
of your WordPress Plugin Repository.
Step 9
Now Change to “Java EE Perspective
” and checkout folder structure under “Project Explorer
“.
Next Steps:
Now start updating your plugin and you should see change files by following these steps 🙂
Do let me know if you find any problem with this.