How to Create WordPress Plugin for Admin Panel

A simple plugin create as "Hello Howdosolutions!" to all the pages. We can go on to developing a legitimate plugin that performs a meaningful function now that we understand how to get a plugin accepted by WordPress. Having a menu item in the sidebar that leads to a page in the admin console would be a nice place to start. This helps the WordPress site administrator setup your plugin.

Creating a WordPress Plugin for Admin Dashboard

Create a folder and then put below code on that file as index.php file.

<?php
/* Plugin Name: Howdosolutions plugin
Description: A test plugin
Author: Howdosolutions
Version: 0.1
*/
add_action('admin_menu', 'test_plugin_setup_menu');
function test_plugin_setup_menu(){
add_menu_page( 'Test Plugin Page', 'Howdosolutions Plugin', 'manage_options', 'test-plugin',
'test_init' );
}
function test_init(){
echo "<h1>Hello Howdosolutions!</h1>";
}
?>