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Ipstenu (Mika Epstein) 7:36 pm on January 19, 2021
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Why the Plugin Emails are ‘Anonymous’

In 2019, we transitioned to a new email service which has allowed us to make all emails anonymous. This decision was not initially well received by all, especially when people feel they are unfairly targeted for guideline violations, though over time it’s settled down. I wanted to take a minute to explain the backstory about […]

Ipstenu (Mika Epstein) 5:36 pm on September 27, 2022
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Reminder: We will check your website

tl;dr: If you put a website as the official developer or 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 […]

Ipstenu (Mika Epstein) 7:30 pm on June 15, 2022
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What’s The Deal with Invalid Reviews?

tl;dr: Don’t make reviews for your own 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 […]

Ipstenu (Mika Epstein) 4:44 pm on August 27, 2021
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Inaccurate Stats Have Been Corrected

It gives me no joy whatsoever to have to post this. A little over 100 plugins recently were impacted by a stats gathering change. This means those plugins had their active install stats seemingly adjusted downward. We understand this was painful for a number of developers and we held off on announcing this as we […]

Ipstenu (Mika Epstein) 6:11 pm on October 11, 2022
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Reminder about Final Notices

tl;dr? If you get a final notice from 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 […]

Ipstenu (Mika Epstein) 4:25 pm on August 7, 2019
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X-post: Feature plugin discussion: a consent and logging mechanism for user privacy

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Ipstenu (Mika Epstein) 5:36 pm on January 24, 2020
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Instagram is accelerating the end…

Instagram is accelerating the end of their current APIAPI An API or Application Programming Interface is a software intermediary that allows programs to interact with each other and share data in limited, clearly defined ways.. Per a notice on https://www.instagram.com/developer/ no new clients can register, and soon some basic functionality will be changed. We will […]

Ipstenu (Mika Epstein) 7:46 pm on May 17, 2018
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WP 4.9.6, Privacy, Hooks, and You

WordPress 4.9.6 has been released. This was a focused release, a little different than other minor releases, in that it adds a system for a privacy policy to WordPress. While the only change to plugins has been our requirement that you not claim (or imply) 100% compliance in anything, the changes to privacy awareness are far reaching. […]

Ipstenu (Mika Epstein) 5:15 pm on May 14, 2019
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Proposal to Modify Plugin Guidelines

This post is a proposal of changes to be made to 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 […]

Ipstenu (Mika Epstein) 3:15 pm on April 12, 2018
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Legal Compliance Added to Guidelines

Guideline 9 (Developers and their plugins must not do anything illegal, dishonest, or morally offensive.) has been amended to include the following new prohibition: implying that 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 […]