Create a new Add-on or Plugin in JIRA to show more options in the Main Menu /General Menu

Creating our first JIRA plugin “Hello World”:

enter in C:\atlastutorial
atlas-create-jira-plugin
Enter 1 for JIRA 5
groupId: com.atlassian.tutorial
artifactId: helloworld
version: 1.0-SNAPSHOT
package: com.atlassian.tutorial.helloworld
Press Y to continue

Add a module to the plugin:

enter in C:\atlastutorial
atlas-create-jira-plugin-module
Select the 30 Web Section item by entering 30.

Answer each question as follows:

Question	Value	Description
Enter Plugin Module Name:	`mySection`	A human-readable name for the section. This is only visible to administrators working with the Universal Plugin Manager (UPM).
Enter Location:	`client-sites-link`	A unique location representing this web section.
Show Advanced Setup?	N	Not applicable for this tutorial

Press Y to add another Plugin Module.

Choose 25: Web Item

Question	Value	Description
Enter Plugin Module Name	`Client Sites`	This is the name that will appear on the new menu.
Enter Section	`system.top.navigation.bar`	The location in the JIRA menu where you want your custom menu to appear.
Enter Link URL	`deleteMe`	More about this later.
Show Advanced Setup?	N	Not applicable for this tutorial

Answer N when prompted to add another module.

Open the atlassian-plugin.xml in the Source view and look for the web-section and web-item entries.
These entries were added for you when you added the modules. You can modify all text of the XML markups.

FINAL COMMAND: DEPLOY TO JIRA

enter in C:\atlastutorial
atlas-run

WELL TO KNOW!! TO DEVELOP FASTER

Create a new WebItem as example while your plugin are running

atlas-create-jira-plugin-module
Enter 25
…

FAST DEPLOY!!!

Return to the browser.
Navigate to the FASTDEV page for your project. The URL for this page has a format ofhttp://HOSTNAME:PORT/jira/plugins/servlet/fastdev.
Push “Scan and Reload” button
That’s all!!!

This plugin also works on JIRA 6.3…and 7!