Developer Guide

M Chart is extensible via PHP hooks and a JavaScript wp.hooks API. This section documents the available hooks for themes and plugins that want to customize chart behavior.

Quick Links

PHP Hooks & Filters — Server-side action and filter hooks
JavaScript Events — Front-end CustomEvent API (v2.0+)
Admin UI Hooks — wp.hooks API for the React admin interface
Migrating to v2 — Breaking changes and upgrade guide

Build Environment

To work on the plugin source you will need Node.js installed. Then from the plugin root:

npm install

Build commands:

Command	Description
`npm run build`	Build everything (CSS, JS, block, admin app)
`npm run build:css`	Build CSS only
`npm run build:js`	Minify JS helpers only
`npm run build:block`	Build the Gutenberg block only
`npm run build:admin-ui`	Build the React admin app only

Watch commands:

Command	Description
`npm run watch`	Watch everything
`npm run watch:admin-ui`	Watch the React admin app only

Tips

For additional build commands, translation tooling, and test setup, see DEVELOPERS.md in the repository.