How to Write a Stable and Secure WordPress Plugin
Just wanted to point out a recent post by Mark Jaquith (and, I’m assuming, Brian Layman) that gives specific requirements for plugins to be considered usable by b5media.
Not that we want to dictate to the world how to write plugins, but we often run into plugins that we aren’t able to run because of fairly minor things. So we wanted to create a brief guide to things we look for and require.
And while we’re only 500 blogs now (between our network and our partners that run on our platforms), by this time next year we could be a few thousand (more on that in Q4). Either way, this is specifically for commercial vendors (and, yes, we will be releasing a similar guide for Widgets as well!), but at the end of the day, if you want us and our bloggers to be able to use your plugins, these simple things make things gobs easier!
We will make these guides longer (for commercial developers), but I’m glad Mark (and Brian?) released this condensed version early. These tactics and approaches are good for all bloggers, after all, not just b5!
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Mark Jaquith
Aug 1, 2008 at 1:27 pm
Yeah, this was just a quick overview (and yes, Brian was there for the discussion we had in TO, so he helped identify the bullet points). I’d like to go into detail about each topic at a later date.
Of course, this is just security/stability.
At b5media there are other considerations, like whether the plugin is going to help drive traffic, help our writers write, encourage conversation, etc. So besides being a stable and secure plugin, it has to be a useful plugin!
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