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I want to start developing mybb plugins. Already I have learned a little css by just editing themes and looking at the code and trying to understand what it does. Can I do the same things with plugins, like can I take a plugin and maybe edit it and that would help me. I would never release it of course or If I did I would give it to the original owner of the plugin and let him edit it more as a v2.

So what do you think?

You should at least know the bare basics of PHP before you even look into creating plugins. But once you have a decent understanding of how PHP works, you can definitely start messing around with other plugins' code. That's mostly how I learned. However, there are some guides I'd recommend reading as well:

http://mybbhacks.zingaburga.com/showthread.php?tid=74
http://community.mybb.com/thread-16697.html

And for detailed information about plugins, check out the official Wiki:

http://wiki.mybb.com/index.php/Authoring_Plugins
http://wiki.mybb.com/index.php/Plugins:The_Hook_System
http://wiki.mybb.com/index.php/Database_Methods

Thanks very much faviouz. I will look into both of those.