There aren’t official plugins, per sey. If it’s official, it’s in WordPress itself, and not a plugin. Not even Akismet or Jetpack are official 🙂 tell the individual plugin devs or report however they prefer (Akismet and Jetpack each have comment forums, IIRC).
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Covi
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Well… IMHO, this should be a directive for WordPress Plugins system’s. All plugins should implement 4 methods (the first two at least): install, uninstall, backupOptions, restoreOptions.
In fact…, I think all plugins should be based on a parent abstract class with some methods required.
At this time, it’s not feasible. There’s not enough manpower for WP to provide that level of oversight.
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Covi
(@covi)
Ok…, but at this time, there is nothing to prevent us from proposing unwritten guidelines like this, right?
Wordpress has come a long way in a short time, I have the hope that eventually, we will reach something like this.
Thanks 😉
No, but an unwritten guideline is about as useful as my cat when I’m trying to change the oil in my car 🙂 Until, and unless, WordPress decides to put some oversight on plugins, this is a pipe dream shared by many.
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Covi
(@covi)
Yeah, …maybe as inspiration to developers; ….maybe a cat from a mechanic 😀
