Wowpedia:Interface customization

What are AddOns?	How do I install AddOns?
AddOns are Lua / XML files that can modify the World of Warcraft User Interface.	You can install an addon by extracting its folder(s) into the addons directory: World of Warcraft\_retail_\Interface\AddOns

How do I develop AddOns?	Where can I get AddOns?
Start with Create a WoW AddOn in under 15 Minutes. A simple text editor like VS Code or Notepad++ is sufficient.	They can be downloaded from CurseForge and WoWInterface or one of the addon updater clients.

Interface documentation

API Reference Global API · Lua API Widget API · Widget Scripts Events · CVars · API changes XML Overview · XML Schema Macro commands · Macro conditionals         Technical Details Combat Log UI escape sequences TOC format Secure Execution and Tainting SecureTemplates · SecureHandlers About taint · How to deal with taint Development Resources Viewing Blizzard's interface code wow-ui-source BlizzardInterfaceResources Townlong-Yak FrameXML · API Documentation Globe · who uses that? WoW.tools File Search · DBC Browser World of Warcraft Programming wowprogramming.com · 2nd Edition Development Tools Development AddOns WeakAuras Wiki Lua Dev Environment VS Code Lua Extension IntelliJ IDEA EmmyLua WoW API Sublime Text Wo​WDevelopment

Tutorials (HOWTOs) Create a WoW AddOn in under 15 Minutes Using the BigWigs Packager with GitHub Actions MMO-Champion: Creating Your Own WoW Addon WelcomeHome - Your first Ace3 Addon YouTube Mayron: Creating WoW AddOns Paul Halliday: World of Warcraft AddOn Development AddOn Features Handling events Creating a slash command Saving variables between game sessions Using the Interface Options Addons panel Using UIDropDownMenu Hooking functions Localizing an addon Developer Communities Discord WoWUIDev WoW AddOns; Forums WoWInterface r/wowaddons UI and Macro forums (US) UI and Macro forums (EU) IRC chat.freenode.net: #wowuidev chat.freenode.net: #wowace

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• Category:Interface customization
• Category:UI technical details
• Category:HOWTOs
• Category:API types

• Category:Development Help AddOns
• Category:Hosted AddOns
• Category:Function Libraries

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