Boilerplate jQuery Plugin. Copypasta.

jquery.boilerplate.js

// replace instances of "myPlugin" with your plugin name

(function($){
  var methods = {
    init : function( options ) {
      var defaults = {
      
      };
      var options = $.extend(defaults,options)
      return this.each(function() {
        obj = $(this);

        // do stuff to obj
        
      }); // this.each
    }, // init
    // more methods
  }
  
  $.fn.myPlugin = function(method) {
    if ( methods[method] ) {
      return methods[ method ].apply( this, Array.prototype.slice.call( arguments, 1 ));
    } else if ( typeof method == 'object' || ! method ) {
      return methods.init.apply( this, arguments );
    } else {
      $.error( 'Method ' + method + ' does not exist on jQuery.myPlugin' );
    }
  }; // myPlugin function
})(jQuery);