Title: plugins – WordPress Community Summit

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#  Tag Archives: plugins

 [  ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/ipstenu/) [Ipstenu (Mika Epstein)](https://profiles.wordpress.org/ipstenu/)
11:25 pm _on_ July 25, 2017     
Tags: plugins, [summit 2017 ( 5 )](https://make.wordpress.org/summit/tag/summit-2017/)

# 󠀁[Plugins Team Community Summit 2017 Recap](https://make.wordpress.org/summit/2017/07/25/plugins-team-community-summit-2017-recap/)󠁿

While a recap of our various talks (including hallway) have been collected in the
link below, our primary conversations revolved around the following:

 * New Reviewers: There are some technical issues we’re working on that _must_ be
   resolved before we can add new people. They include security ones, but also our
   rather archaic SupportPress tool. This is the biggest and has a **lot** of small
   steps and some weirdly large ones (like the idea of a dashboard, automated security
   checks, and more) so it’s not going to be anywhere near as fast as I want… Well.
   Release and iterate.
 * How to _safely_ publicly disclose 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/](https://wordpress.org/plugins/)
   or can be cost-based plugin from a third-party. closures (without dog shaming
   developers). This is logistically something to be concerned over, as the last
   thing we want to do is make WP and users a bigger target.
 * How to allow frameworks with the least pain for end-users as possible.

In order to meet our goals, we’re going to be discussing the improvements on many
fronts at once, and I’m planing out times and dates for meetings for everyone to
come and talk about one at a time. Think of it like town-halls.  You can read the
details of everything in the linked post:

> [2017 Community Summit Notes](https://make.wordpress.org/plugins/2017/06/28/2017-community-summit-notes/)

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