jQuery Plugin Template

jQueryPlugin.js

//You need an anonymous function to wrap around your function to avoid conflict
(function($){
 
    //Attach this new method to jQuery
    $.fn.extend({ 
         
        //This is where you write your plugin's name
        pluginName: function(options) {
 
            var defaults = {
                option1: 'someval'              
            };

            var options = $.extend(defaults, options);

            //Iterate over the current set of matched elements
            return this.each(function() {
                var o = options;

                // code to run on each matched element.
            });
        }
    });
     
//pass jQuery to the function, 
//So that we will able to use any valid Javascript variable name 
//to replace "$" SIGN. But, we'll stick to $ (I like dollar sign: ) )       
})(jQuery);