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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 […]
The Plugin Check plugin has become a reality. It saw its first stable release earlier this year and has since been used by hundreds of developers. This post provides more context about Plugin Check and why you should start using it.
tl;dr: Never test vulnerabilities on someone else’s live site without their permission. By now, a lot of you have read the post about the so-called “WordPress Plugin Confusion” whereby 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 […]
Changes to the WordPress Core PHP Test Suite
Currently there are 1,241 plugins awaiting review. We are painstakingly aware of this. We check that number every day and realise how this delay is affecting 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 […]
tl;dr: I will be stepping down from 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 […]
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An early commit for WordPress 5.5 (which isn’t even in betaBeta A pre-release of software that is given out to a large group of users to trial under real conditions. Beta versions have gone through alpha testing in-house and are generally fairly close in look, feel and function to the final product; however, design changes […]
Two situations have arisen where we feel it would be best to clarify the guidelines a little. Guideline 4: Human Readability We strongly feel that one of the strengths of open sourceOpen Source Open Source denotes software for which the original source code is made freely available and may be redistributed and modified. Open Source […]
