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‘Policy’ on PHP Versions
The official stance of 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 location for community conversations and organization. https://wordpress.org/ is that WordPress is supported on PHP 5.2.4 or greater.…
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Genericons Example File is Unsafe
If you use Genericons in your 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…
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Welcome
Welcome to the official blog for the Plugins Team. The team acts as gate-keepers and fresh eyes on newly submitted plugins, as well as reviewing any reported security or guideline violations. Quick Links Handbook Reporting Plugin Issues Plugin Developer Resources Plugin Directory Resources Communication We can be reached by email at plugins＠wordpress.orgWordPress.org The community site…
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About
The Plugins Review Team is made up of a small handful of individuals who review all 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…
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Reporting Plugin Issues
Note: I’ll be using Hello Dolly as my example ‘bad’ 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…
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Reminder: Please Test Your Plugins With 4.2
WordPress 4.2 is being released this week. Are your plugins ready? After testing your plugins and ensuring compatibility, it only takes a few moments to change the readme “Tested up to:” value to 4.2. This information provides peace of mind to users and helps encourage them to update to the latest version. For each pluginPlugin…
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Fixing add_query_arg() and remove_query_arg() usage
Background: Due to a now-fixed ambiguity in the documentation for the add_query_arg() and remove_query_arg() functions, many plugins were using them incorrectly, allowing for potential XSS attack vectors in their code. Both add_query_arg() and remove_query_arg() have an optional argument to define the base query string to use. If this argument is undefined, it will use $_SERVER[‘REQUEST_URI’],…
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Isotope 2.2 And Up is GPL Compatible
For a long time, the Isotope jquery library has had a commercial license that made it not really compatible with 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…
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Automatic Plugin Security Updates
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 location for community conversations and organization. https://wordpress.org/ security and pluginPlugin A plugin is a piece of software containing a group…
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Ratings Rebuilt
Did your ratings suddenly change dramatically? Hopefully not, but if they did, it’s because the ratings for all plugins were recently reset and rebuilt earlier this week. All ratings now correspond exactly with existing, non-deleted, reviews. As Otto put it: Back when we launched the review system 2.5 years ago, we tied ratings to reviews.…