How to create a jQuery plugin with methods?

Last Updated : 20 Dec, 2022

Jquery is a Javascript library that is built to design or simplifies HTML, CSS, AJAX, DOM as well as event handling for web development. It is Open Source Software and free to all. More than 10 million websites use jquery. Jquery simply converts a line of javascript into methods that can be called in a single line of code. These plugins are implemented. Approach: In Jquery Plug-in is a code that is needed in a standard javascript file. Plugins help in providing different methods that can be used with different jquery library methods.

Create a method

jQuery.fn.methodName = methodDefinition;

where .methodname is the name of a method and methoddefinition defines a method
To Obtain a perfect or compatible code use this.each which is used to perform over a set of matched elements.
Prefix should conclude with .js.

Syntax: Here is the syntax of a plugin file

(function($){
    $.fn.myFunction(settings){
        settings = $.extend({setting_A: 'default_A', setting_B: 'default_B'...});
         ...code away!
    };
}(jQuery);

Example 1: Here is a plug-in example.

html

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>

<head>
    <title></title>
    <script src="jquery-3.4.1.js" 
            type="text/javascript">
    </script>

    <script src="custom.js" 
            type="text/javascript">
    </script>

</head>
<script>
    (function($) {

            $.fn.myFunction(settings) {

                settings = $.extend({
                    setting_A: 'default_A',
                    setting_B: 'default_B'...
                });

                ...code away!

            };

        }(jQuery);
</script>

<body>
    <h1>GeeksForGeeks</h1>
    <p>A Computer Portal For Geeks</p>
    <button> Click To Get Started </button>

    <script>
        $(document).ready(function() {
            $('button').click(function() {
                alert('My first jquery code');
            });
        });
    </script>
</body>

</html>

Output:

Before clicking on the button:
After clicking on the button:

Example 2: The following method is an example of having a warning method. Just Take a look into the syntax of file plugin.js

(function($) {
    $.fn.targetBlank = function () {
    alert('Working');
}
}) (jQuery);

Now Take a Look into the Example which shows how to link the plugin with HTML