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Tag: wordpress.org plugin repository

  • #218 – Luke Carbis on the Future of WordPress Plugins: AI, Ethics, and New Directory Standards

    #218 – Luke Carbis on the Future of WordPress Plugins: AI, Ethics, and New Directory Standards

    Nathan Wrigley interviews Luke Carbis about the evolving challenges in the WordPress plugin ecosystem, including the surge in plugin submissions fuelled by AI, difficulties with plugin discoverability, and potential marketplace reforms. Luke shares ideas like different WordPress.org-account integration, supporting premium plugins, and adding AI-use disclosures for plugins. They discuss the tension between open-source ideals and…

    Nathan Wrigley

  • Jetpack 7.1 Adds Feature Suggestions to Plugin Search Results

    Jetpack 7.1 Adds Feature Suggestions to Plugin Search Results

    Jetpack 7.1 was released earlier this month with new blocks for WordAds, Business Hours, Contact Info, Slideshows, and Videos. This release also quietly added suggestions to the plugin search screen, a change that has not been well-received by the developer community. If a user searches for a plugin that has a feature that is already…

    Sarah Gooding

  • Deploy WordPress Plugins from GitHub to the WordPress.org Plugin Repository

    Deploy WordPress Plugins from GitHub to the WordPress.org Plugin Repository

    10up has released a GitHub Action that enables developers to deploy to the WordPress.org Plugin repository by tagging a new version on GitHub. Helen Hou-Sandí, 10up’s Director of Open Source Initiatives, explained how it works: You’ll be able to manage your entire development lifecycle in GitHub—no more futzing with local Bash scripts or controlling commit/push…

    Sarah Gooding

  • WordPress Plugin Repository Now Rejects Commits With PHP Errors

    WordPress Plugin Repository Now Rejects Commits With PHP Errors

    In case you missed it over the holidays, an important notice was issued to WordPress.org plugin developers. The WordPress Plugin Repository will no longer allow developers to commit files with PHP syntax errors in them. Mika Epstein, one of the developers who helps to review incoming plugins, posted an example of what the kick-back error…

    Sarah Gooding