Magento 2 : How To Create A Module

In this article, we will cover the process of creating a module in Magento 2 to make it simple for you. It’s important to note that the use of local/community/core folders, which were present in Magento 1, is no longer applicable in Magento 2.

To create a module in Magento 2

Follow the following steps to create a module:

• Step 1: Create a Module folder
• Step 2: Create module.xml file
• Step 3: Create registration.php file
• Step 4: Enable the module

Note: we are creating a module with the name of DemoModule and a vendor with the name of GDBlogger.

Step 1: Create a Module Folder

In the app/code directory create a folder with the vendor name. And create a folder with the module name inside the vendor folder.

Like this:

app/code/GDBlogger/DemoModule

Step 2: Create a module.xml file

Now Create the etc folder and add the module.xml file

Directory

app/code/GDBlogger/DemoModule/etc/module.xml

Code of module.xml

<?xml version="1.0"?>
<config xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:noNamespaceSchemaLocation="urn:magento:framework:Module/etc/module.xsd">
    <module name="GDBlogger_DemoModule" setup_version="1.0.0">
    </module>
</config>

Step3: Create registration.php file

To register your module, you need to create registration.php file inside the module directory.

Directory

app/code/GDBlogger/DemoModule/registration.php

Code of registration.php

<?php
\Magento\Framework\Component\ComponentRegistrar::register(
	\Magento\Framework\Component\ComponentRegistrar::MODULE,
	GDBlogger_DemoModule,
	__DIR__
);

Step4: Enable the module

Open the command terminal in Magento 2 root folder and run the following commands:

php bin/magento setup:upgrade
Php bin/magento setup:di:compile
Php bin/magento setup:static-content:dpeloy
php bin/magenot cache:clean

After running these commands open the config.php file to confirm that your module is enabled.

Directory

app/etc/config.php

In this file, you will see the list of all modules, your created module should be available here.

Like this

‘GDBlogger_DemoModule’ => 1

Now your module is created successfully, you can add your functionality in the module as you want. 

I hope this guide will be helpful to you. Please do not hesitate to contact us through the comments section if you have any further questions.

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