• Documentation
  • Really easy to install!
  • Server Requirements
  • Payment Gateway Development
  • Affiliate Terms of Service
  • Setting up Cron Jobs
  • Setting up S3 permissions for Pancake
  • Project Templates
• Features
  • Client Access Area
  • File Delivery
  • Online Invoicing
  • Project Management
  • Proposals
  • Time Tracking
  • Why Pancake?
  • Multi Users
  • And more
• Pancake Instant
• We're here to help!
• Why you should use Pancake
• Privacy Policy
• FAQ
  • How do I find the admin panel once Pancake is installed?
  • How do I add a client?
  • What is the Kitchen and how does it work?
  • How do I track my time?
  • How does file delivery on payment work?
  • What happens to my customizations when Pancake updates itself?
  • What currencies does Pancake support?
  • What languages is Pancake available in?
  • Where is the support forum?
  • How can I (re)download Pancake?
  • Is there a Pancake API?
  • How do I login to my account?
  • How to make custom plugins?
  • How to set up Google oAuth on my server?
  • How do I create an invoice?
  • How to perform a manual update
  • How to update without FTP
  • How to migrate / move your Pancake to a new server / host
  • How do I edit the estimate in my proposal?
  • What is the best Pancake Recipe
• License

How to make custom plugins?

Here's a sample plugin that we think will answer most questions you might have regarding how things are done in Pancake: https://github.com/pancakeapp/sample-plugin

Unzip it, place it in a new folder in /third_party/modules, and it should show up in your admin (top right menu, under “Plugins”). This plugin shows you how to:

• Hook into events in Pancake (e.g. the cron job).
• Add fields for plugin settings, and retrieve their values.
• Add new items to the navigation bar / quick links sidebar.
• Add your own admin and frontend controllers, models and views.
• Listen to modifications for a particular model (e.g. Invoices).
• Use Composer to add any extra libraries you might need.

There may be some gaps in the plugin APIs, but we have the ability to immediately ship updates to add whatever functionality/APIs you need, so that you won’t need to modify the core of Pancake. We have a fair few events we can hook into (undocumented, much to our chagrin), and there are several models that we use, that you can read through and can make use of, in order to build your plugin.

Additionally, if there’s any way we can help, by looking up what events/functions you should use, or letting you know how something is to be used, feel free to treat us as your personal Pancake StackOverflow. ;) We know the entire Pancake codebase off by heart and are likely to be able to immediately answer any query you might have.

We know how hard it can be to develop with an existing codebase if there is no thorough documentation, so if you have any queries or need any help at all, just start a free support ticket or start a live chat, and we'll answer any queries you might have in an instant, and even help you with any code problems you might have. We want to help as much as possible.