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 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 Directory’s day-to-day mission is fairly consistent. It’s largely what we’ve done this past week and what we’ll continue to do in the coming week. This is summarized in our intro and first status report.
A few highlights from this week:
- Launched an internal information reporting tool to facilitate evaluating newly requested plugins.
- Dealt with a spammer trying to introduce spam into the repository.
Here are stats from the last week.
Plugins Directory:
- Requested : 182
- Rejected : 64
- Closed: 33
- Approved: 129
- Commits by plugin authors: 3,712
- Currently in the request queue: 50 (7 older than one week; 18 with no replies)
Plugins support emails:
- New: 103 (101 closed, 2 still open)
- Currently open: 7 (only 2 with no activity in the last week)