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WordCamp US/2016 Recap
First of all I suck for not getting everyone’s names. I’m lucky I remember mine… This marks my first year as the rep of 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…
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Glossary
dl.glossary-list dd { margin-top: -50px; padding-top: 50px; } Admin P2 A plugin administrator private make blog for managing security and legal issues not possible to disclose publicly at this time. # FUD Fear, uncertainty and doubt, usually evoked intentionally in order to put a competitor at a disadvantage. # Help Scout A 3rd party service…
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Just a quick note.. Due…
Just a quick note.. Due to the Thanksgiving Holidays followed up by the entire team being at 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.…
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Reviewer Handbook
Sneaking this in just before 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, if you’ve seen the redesign of this make site, then you…
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Using the Review Admin Tool
Reviews are done via the Dashboard on the directory. Only reviewers and admins have access to this. Important Links Review Checklist Review Walkthrough All new plugins have a status of ‘draft’. This means they have not yet been reviewed. To view all newly submitted plugins, go to My Plugins and click on Pending Initial Review:…
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User Testing the Directory Revamp
Does the directory currently have a kind of ‘meh’ UXUX UX is an acronym for User Experience – the way the user uses the UI. Think ‘what they are doing’ and less about how they do it.? Yes. Yes it does. We know it. We know search is chancy at best, and people (especially developers)…
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Revised Guidelines Are Live
We soft-launched them on the 20th, just to make sure we didn’t mess anything up. Those last few spelling and grammar edits are killer. However yes, the guidelines, reviewed and revised by the community are now the official PluginPlugin A plugin is a piece of software containing a group of functions that can be added…
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Directory Maintenance
Maintaining the directory can be a full-time job. To achieve this, we rely on multiple tools to constantly scan, review, and monitor check-ins. There are some filters on SVN that prevent dangerous code from being committed to the repositories, the rest of the work is done by scanning. Removing Plugins Plugins are removed for reasons…
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Security and Guideline Violation Reports
Users, security firms, and developers all send in security reports. Each one must be read, reviewed, and replied to without exception. The goal is to ensure accuracy in reporting and communicate clearly to the developers what must be corrected and why. While all plugins in the WordPress.org Plugin Directory are required to be compatible with…
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Review Walkthrough
The following is a walkthrough of reviewing a plugin. Warning: This page does not include every aspect of a review yet and should be considered highly work in progress. The User Before reviewing the plugin itself, ensure the user is not currently prohibited from submitting new plugins, or attempting to evade restrictions due to a…