To create a WordPress plugin for image zoom, you will need to do the following:
- Create a new folder in the
wp-content/plugins
directory and name itimage-zoom
. - Create a new file inside the
image-zoom
folder and name itimage-zoom.php
. - Add the following code to the top of
image-zoom.php
:
<?php
/*
Plugin Name: Image Zoom
Description: A plugin that adds zoom functionality to images
Version: 1.0
Author: Your Name
*/
This code is called the plugin header and it is used to provide information about your plugin.

- Next, you will need to enqueue a JavaScript file that contains the code for the image zoom functionality. To do this, you can use the
wp_enqueue_scripts
action:
function image_zoom_scripts() {
wp_enqueue_script( 'image-zoom', plugin_dir_url( __FILE__ ) . 'image-zoom.js', array(), '1.0', true );
}
add_action( 'wp_enqueue_scripts', 'image_zoom_scripts' );
This will load the image-zoom.js
file from the image-zoom
plugin folder.
- Create the
image-zoom.js
file and add the code for the image zoom functionality. There are many ways to implement image zoom, so the specific code will depend on your requirements. Here is a simple example that uses the jQueryzoom
plugin:
(function($) {
$(document).ready(function() {
$('.zoom').zoom();
});
})(jQuery);
- Finally, you will need to add a class of
zoom
to the images that you want to enable zoom for. You can do this by editing the WordPress post or page where the image is located, or by using the WordPress media library.
I hope this helps! Let me know if you have any questions or need further assistance.