18 January 2010, 3:32 am
I have several WordPress plugins. They’re hosted on the WordPress.org plugin repository, but I also have a page for each plugin on my own site. I’ve found it tedious to have to update both places separately. Things get out of sync, or worse, I put off plugin updates because I loathe updating two places (with two different formats) with the same information. The WordPress plugin repository has an API. Let’s use it! I Make Plugins is a plugin for WordPress plugin authors to let them easily showcase their plugins on their own site, solely by updating the plugin’s readme.txt file. Adding a plugin is as simple as creating a new subpage of your plugin listing page, and giving it the name of your plugin in the repository. All the information comes from the API and is kept up to date. Here is a nine and a half minute. boring-as-hell screencast with a full tour of the plugin. ... Read More »
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