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 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 Plugin Directory https://wordpress.org/plugins/ or can be cost-based plugin from a third-party Developer Guidelines.

While I can hope they’re easily understood by all, I know that’s a fond wish. I’m leaving the repository on GithubGitHub GitHub is a website that offers online implementation of git repositories that can easily be shared, copied and modified by other developers. Public repositories are free to host, private repositories require a paid subscription. GitHub introduced the concept of the ‘pull request’ where code changes done in branches by contributors can be reviewed and discussed before being merged be the repository owner. https://github.com/ open for the time being, in order to allow people who spot late breaking issues to report them. If you do spot problems, please open an issue on the GitHub Repo or email plugins@wordpress.org and let us know.

In addition to just rewriting the guidelines, we took the time to codify the expectations of developers and cost of not abiding by the guidelines, as well as a reminder that we do remove plugins for security issues. We are doing our best to be transparent of what we expect from you and, in return, what you can expect from us.

Finally, THANK YOU. Everyone who helped write this, edit it, and who was patient understanding I was chasing down people to get their sign-off on what might be construed as massive changes, I greatly appreciate the time you spent on this project. It’s a massive undertaking to re-write guidelines in the public eye, in a way that won’t pull the rug out from anyone. Our goal was to clarify, not totally change, but also to address the needs of an ever changing technology.

Our goal, as always, remains to provide a safe place for all WordPress users – from the non-technical to the developer – to download plugins that are consistent with the goals of the WordPress project.

Please take the time to read the Detailed Plugin Guidelines.

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