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Main Template code improvements

define($plugin_prefix . '_VER', '3.0.1');

// Extract the version number
$plugin_data = get_file_data(__FILE__, ['Version' => 'Version']);
define($plugin_prefix . '_VER', $plugin_data['Version']);

<?php

/**
 * Plugin Name:       Marko
 * Description:       Marko's plugin description
 * Requires at least: 6.3.0
 * Requires PHP:      7.4
 * Version:           0.0.1
 * Author:            dev
 * License:           GPL-2.0-or-later
 * License URI:       https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-2.0.html
 * Text Domain:       marko
 * Website:           
 */

if ( ! defined( 'ABSPATH' ) ) {
	exit; // Exit if accessed directly.
}

$plugin_prefix = 'MARKO';

// Extract the version number
$plugin_data = get_file_data(__FILE__, ['Version' => 'Version']); // <= Updated here

// Plugin Constants
define($plugin_prefix . '_DIR', plugin_basename(__DIR__));
define($plugin_prefix . '_BASE', plugin_basename(__FILE__));
define($plugin_prefix . '_PATH', plugin_dir_path(__FILE__));
define($plugin_prefix . '_VER', $plugin_data['Version']);  // <= Updated here

Release Template improvements

Added .gitignore and .distignore

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