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Plugin Submissions Open
It took a little longer than expected or desired, due to a couple serious issues. Not everything is perfect yet, but submissions are open. Some things are different. Most are the same. Zips are required (not links) Instead of a link, you will now upload your zip directly. In doing so, the pluginPlugin A plugin is…
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Reminder: How SVN on WordPress.org Works
Now that the new directory is out, it’s time for a couple quick reminders on how the SVNSVN Short for “SubVersioN”, it’s the code management system used to maintain the plugins hosted on WordPress.org. It’s similar to git. repositories work on WordPress. We have documentation on how SVN works here, but the information can be…
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Plugin Submissions ETA Reopening Early Next Week
I really want to say “We’ll reopen on Monday!” but right now we’re aiming for Monday. What’s going on? We found some bugs that didn’t happen in testing. For example, when we did the final import of all the pending plugins, they were in a maybe-wrong state. That meant we had to go through all our emails…
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The New Directory Is (Mostly) Live
Sorry about the post-facto notice, there were a lot of moving parts and we got some things out of order when communicating between the multiple teams. Current Status Pending plugins are imported Approved (but not yet committed) plugins are being imported Rejected plugins have not yet been imported (though they will be … all 23k…
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Clarification of Guideline 8 – Executable Code and Installs
Since Jetpack announced it installs themes, a number of people have asked if this is a violation of the 8th guideline: The pluginPlugin A plugin is a piece of software containing a group of functions that can be added to a WordPress website. They can extend functionality or add new features to your WordPress websites.…
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Beware Your Zips!
Its not you, it’s Google. A lot of people have been mentioning that Gmail won’t send emails if they have zips. Other people have no problem. And reading the list of filetypes that are blocked, it took me a while to figure out what was going on. Not only does Gmail blockBlock Block is the…
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Plugin Guideline Change
With the advent of the new directory being on the horizon, which allows us to easily hard-limit the number of pluginPlugin A plugin is a piece of software containing a group of functions that can be added to a WordPress website. They can extend functionality or add new features to your WordPress websites. WordPress plugins…
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Want to Close Your Plugins? Email!
Hi everyone, it’s winter at last, and there’s snow in the mountains! This is the perfect time to sit by the fire and look at your plugins and get rid of the ones you don’t want to be on the hook for any more. Did you make a pluginPlugin A plugin is a piece of…
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[FIXED] Banners and Images Broken In the Old Directory?
There was a glitch the other day and anyone who updated in the hour or so window got goobered. We’re looking to see if we can automagically fix it but if you see your pluginPlugin A plugin is a piece of software containing a group of functions that can be added to a WordPress website.…
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Reminder: Make Sure Your Email Is Up To Date
I know the 4.7 ‘please test’ email went out a bit late (WordCampWordCamp WordCamps are casual, locally-organized conferences covering everything related to WordPress. They’re one of the places where the WordPress community comes together to teach one another what they’ve learned throughout the year and share the joy. Learn more. US, blame Wapuu), but we…