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After some research, I found the only way to create a plugin in C++ is to compile the QGIS source with the plugin created using the "plugin_builder.py" which can be found in the "src/plugins" on the git qgis (https://github.com/qgis/Quantum-GIS/tree/master/src/plugins)

To create a simple plugin which can be add simply by putting the folder of the plugin in ".qgis/python/plugins" or "C:/OSGeo4W/apps/qgis/python/plugins" the plugin must be written in Python.

Is there a way to create a plugin in C++ without compiling all the QGIS source ?

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You shouldn't need to build QGIS just to make a C++ plugin. The only thing you should need to do is include the QGIS headers inside C:\OSGeo4W\apps\qgis-dev\include

The complied plugins then have to go into C:\OSGeo4W\apps\qgis-dev\plugins. This is the correct place for non python based plugins.

Note: I don't build C++ plugins, only Python ones.

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  • thank you for your answer but I tried your method and the plugin doesn 't appear in the plugin manager
    – Lloyd
    Commented Jul 8, 2013 at 14:22
  • This can be due to a huge variety of reasons. To get a hint, you could have a look at the debug output using debug view and check if there is any output related to your plugin.
    – Matthias Kuhn
    Commented Jul 10, 2013 at 13:18
  • Yeah I think too this can be due to a variety of reason. To make the plugin I use this CMakeLists. Do you think it's a good start ? filedropper.com/cmakelists
    – Lloyd
    Commented Jul 11, 2013 at 11:35
  • Finaly the plugin was visible in Qgis but it's strange when I change a little bit the code and even if it's compile well, sometimes it's dissapear. Qgis checks if the plugin runs well when it starts ?
    – Lloyd
    Commented Jul 12, 2013 at 7:08

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