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Hi 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 WordPress.org…

Since the only way we have to get in touch with 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…

When a single users makes multiple accounts with the sole intention of leaving reviews on their own plugins (or leaving poor reviews on their competitors), this is called being a “Sock Puppet” – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sockpuppet_(Internet) This behavior is expressly NOT welcome on the WordPress Forums as it is spamming, and it can result is us removing…

We have not mentioned this here yet, but since Matt mentioned it in his State of the Word talk yesterday… The WordPress.orgWordPress.org The community site where WordPress code is created and shared by the users. This is where you can download the source code for WordPress core, plugins and themes as well as the central…

After we started pushing back on the auto-reply stuff, a couple 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…

If you’re using (or thinking of using) TimThumb in the repository, please read. TimThumb has reached it’s end of life. As such, we strongly recommend you stop using it in your plugins as soon as possible. It’s not supported, it’s not maintained, and that means the 130ish of you who have it are going to…

Did you know we have no auto-replies at all sent from WordPress plugins? Every single email, even the predefined ones, are written and picked and sent by hand. Even the one that goes out to all 22,573 user accounts with commit access to a pluginPlugin A plugin is a piece of software containing a group…

With 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. WordPress plugins are written in the PHP programming language and integrate seamlessly with WordPress. These can be free in the…

Edit: Please read this understanding we LITERALLY mean don’t submit a snow 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…

Back in February, the Creative Commons organization began taking steps to introduce compatibility between their licenses and the GPLGPL GPL is an acronym for GNU Public License. It is the standard license WordPress uses for Open Source licensing https://wordpress.org/about/license/. The GPL is a ‘copyleft’ license https://www.gnu.org/licenses/copyleft.en.html. This means that derivative work can only be distributed under…