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Status on the Plugin Repo Revamp, Guidelines, and Handbooks
First off, please read Obenland’s post on the repo: Plugin Directory v3: Next Steps Obviously we have a long way to go. As for the Guidelines, I wanted to be done and ready to release them to everyone before 4.6 dropped, but I’ve been using small focus groups at WordCamps first. This resulted in a…
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Reminder: WordPress 4.6 is imminent. Are your plugins ready? (also make sure your email is valid)
The email went out last night to everyone with commit access to a 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 are written in the PHP programming language…
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Security Alert: Httpoxy
You may have heard about this already. Even so, please read this post. Normally we email all possibly impacted developers directly. In this case, trying to generate a list gave me over 6 gigs of results. I trimmed it down, but given the volume of people using Guzzle and possibly using suspect code, it was…
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Known issues with pre-commit to the plugins SVN
Have you seen this recently? $ svn ci -m ‘commit first version of plugin’ Adding trunk/readme.txt Adding trunk/my-cool-plugin.php Transmitting file data …….svn: E165001: Commit failed (details follow): svn: E165001: Commit blocked by pre-commit hook (exit code 1) with output: *********************************** PHPPHP PHP (recursive acronym for PHP: Hypertext Preprocessor) is a widely-used open source general-purpose scripting…
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New Repo Open Beta
Please review the proposed new repository and leave some comments so Obenland can make all more awesome. Plugin Directory v3 Open Beta #directory, #repository
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Reviewing the Guidelines
The official 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 are written in the PHP programming language and integrate seamlessly with WordPress. These can be free in the…
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Repository Guideline Reminder: Do Not Remote Load Content
In a very irregular feature, we’re posting about various plugin guidelines and what they really mean to you. This week, we want to remind you about a long-standing guideline in the repository, which is covered in item #7 – Don’t phone homePhone home A plugin that “phones home” sends back tracking information to the plugin developer…
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WCEU Contributor Day
I want to thank everyone for coming to the first ever 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 are written in the PHP programming language and integrate…
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FYI Yes the reviews are backlogged Please just…
FYI: Yes the reviews are backlogged. Please just be patient. Half of us are 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. EU so…
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Reminder: Do Not Compensate Reviewers
It was brought to our attention that some 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 are written in the PHP programming language and integrate seamlessly with WordPress.…