So if you haven’t noticed we have a…

Samuel "Otto" Wood — Mon, 29 Oct 2012 23:15:47 +0000

So, if you haven’t noticed, we have a new make blog, and a post on it that I think will be relevant to your interests.

http://make.wordpress.org/meta

Although today’s XKCD is relevant I thought the…

Samuel "Otto" Wood — Wed, 22 Aug 2012 16:23:27 +0000

Although today’s XKCD is relevant, I thought the idea of having more clarity in the star ratings (like Amazon’s) would be good. So I coded that up real quick, and it’s live now.

So instead of getting just the count, you now get the rating as a number (3.8 out of 5 stars, for example), and you get a 5-bar chart showing the counts for each rating made.

Go see it on any plugin page.

If you’re at WordCamp Portland there will be…

Erick — Sat, 18 Aug 2012 16:56:54 +0000

If you’re at WordCamp Portland, there will be a unconference session continuing this discussion: 10:30 in the Bergen Dining Hall (downstairs).

Topic 3: Advanced Vetting Process

Erick — Thu, 16 Aug 2012 01:03:46 +0000

Topic 2: Community Feedback & Plugin Quality Metrics

Erick — Thu, 16 Aug 2012 01:03:25 +0000

Topic 1: Submission Process

Erick — Thu, 16 Aug 2012 01:02:53 +0000

Topics threads from today’s chat coming shortly

Erick — Thu, 16 Aug 2012 01:00:07 +0000

Took me a bit longer than I’d have liked, but they’ll be up momentarily.

We were live.. Now we have video.

Samuel "Otto" Wood — Wed, 15 Aug 2012 22:10:26 +0000

For those that missed the first discussion, here’s the video.

The full stream (I believe)

Erick — Wed, 15 Aug 2012 17:45:42 +0000

I’m slowly pulling the Tweets together. If I missed any, send the URLs and I’ll add them.

Thinking there's a market for trusted #WordPress pro devs to build a repo / "app store" experience for independently vetted plug-ins…—
Jake Goldman (@jakemgold) August 15, 2012

@jakemgold someone is already working on that.—
Norcross (@norcross) August 15, 2012

@norcross curious to know who. chops of said reviewers crucial to my trust of said repo. are they core dev quality?—
Jake Goldman (@jakemgold) August 15, 2012

@jakemgold nvmd, I was thinking of the WP App Store. what do you think this repo would do?—
Norcross (@norcross) August 15, 2012

@jakemgold I've been on a plugin building kick lately, in part because I can't find what I'm looking for more often than not.—
Norcross (@norcross) August 15, 2012

@norcross review & grade notable plugins, be them free or $. 10k+ official repo has lost credibility as trusted source; this is a problem—
Jake Goldman (@jakemgold) August 15, 2012

@ryancduff @Otto42 @jakemgold @norcross Same here, and my first releases were total crap. But I learned and now I know. Needs to be open.—
Erick Hitter (@ethitter) August 15, 2012

@Otto42 @ryancduff @ethitter @norcross totally agree. my 1st plugin blew. hence my sense theres incompatible mission vs what I'm picturing—
Jake Goldman (@jakemgold) August 15, 2012

@jakemgold @ethitter there's no rhyme to the featured list. It's largely what I think is cool. I'm the only one who has updated it in a year—
Samuel Wood (Otto) (@Otto42) August 15, 2012

@Otto42 @jakemgold @ethitter @norcross Didn’t we all? Just need to highlight cream of the crop. How to do and not discriminate?—
Ryan Duff (@ryancduff) August 15, 2012

@ryancduff @jakemgold @ethitter @norcross true, but we also don't want to discourage new devs. I started out by writing plugins too.—
Samuel Wood (Otto) (@Otto42) August 15, 2012

@Otto42 @ethitter maybe I'm off on the bias, but I find the "featured" list "curious" sometimes—
Jake Goldman (@jakemgold) August 15, 2012

@ryancduff @jakemgold @Otto42 @norcross Totally get that. Not suggesting totally closed, just a way to denote who's _doing_it_right().—
Erick Hitter (@ethitter) August 15, 2012

@jakemgold @ethitter @Otto42 @norcross It’s the “here’s something I created, maybe it’ll help you too” aspect. Not the best, but fosters—
Ryan Duff (@ryancduff) August 15, 2012

@jakemgold @Otto42 No Automattic bias here, I've been saying this for years. Realized it with what @ra8 had to do to get a module listed.—
Erick Hitter (@ethitter) August 15, 2012

@ethitter @Otto42 @norcross @ryancduff problem is official repo no longer trusted by those in know; probably shouldn't be by those not!—
Jake Goldman (@jakemgold) August 15, 2012

@jakemgold @ethitter not sure what bias you refer to. Only one of the usual reviewers works for Automattic.—
Samuel Wood (Otto) (@Otto42) August 15, 2012

@norcross no offense taken, it's just a big job, with few highly qualified volunteers.—
Samuel Wood (Otto) (@Otto42) August 15, 2012

@ethitter @Otto42 @jakemgold @norcross Agree on that. Unity is what I’d prefer, but .org has a stigma of sorts. Trying to be fixed.—
Ryan Duff (@ryancduff) August 15, 2012

@Otto42 @jakemgold @norcross @ryancduff Definitely requires an investment on someone's part, but I think it's a strength Drupal modules have—
Erick Hitter (@ethitter) August 15, 2012

@Otto42 trust me, I don't want to seem as though I'm accusing of anything.—
Norcross (@norcross) August 15, 2012

@Otto42 @jakemgold @norcross @ryancduff way of indicating such. Maintain one canonical, trusted source for plugins and updates.—
Erick Hitter (@ethitter) August 15, 2012

@norcross there's like 5 people doing it in their spare time. We mostly confine ourselves to security and spam for simple time reasons.—
Samuel Wood (Otto) (@Otto42) August 15, 2012

@Otto42 @jakemgold @norcross @ryancduff I'd honestly rather see a vetting/review process in the .org repo than something new, with a flag or—
Erick Hitter (@ethitter) August 15, 2012

@Otto42 and nothing indicating that it's even (a) been reviewed or (b) current—
Norcross (@norcross) August 15, 2012

@jakemgold @norcross @ryancduff have you considered emailing plugins@ with some reviews, or suggestions? Just a thought.—
Samuel Wood (Otto) (@Otto42) August 15, 2012

@ryancduff @otto42 @jakemgold @ethitter @norcross or a list of "community voted 'good' plugins"—
Pippinsplugins (@pippinsplugins) August 15, 2012

@pippinsplugins @ryancduff @otto42 @jakemgold @ethitter @norcross @justlikeair #wpchat like I said, expand and encourage ratings/reviews —
Ben Lobaugh (@benlobaugh) August 15, 2012

@benlobaugh @pippinsplugins @ryancduff @Otto42 @ethitter @norcross @justlikeair STEPPING BACK FROM MY FIRESTORM TO EAT! will be back —
Jake Goldman (@jakemgold) August 15, 2012

@benlobaugh @pippinsplugins @ryancduff @otto42 @jakemgold @ethitter @norcross showing #active rather than #downloaded might be a good start—
Shane Pearlman (@justlikeair) August 15, 2012

@justlikeair @pippinsplugins @ryancduff @otto42 @jakemgold @ethitter @norcross that would be really cool. Add a ping to WP core for that —
Ben Lobaugh (@benlobaugh) August 15, 2012

@jakemgold @pippinsplugins @ryancduff @Otto42 @ethitter @norcross how do we decide who is the expert?—
Ben Lobaugh (@benlobaugh) August 15, 2012

@jakemgold @pippinsplugins @Otto42 @ethitter @norcross Best of the best, cream of the crop… best calendar plugin? this one here. etc…—
Ryan Duff (@ryancduff) August 15, 2012

@ryancduff @jakemgold @otto42 @ethitter @norcross maybe not community, but "vetted by pro developers"—
Pippinsplugins (@pippinsplugins) August 15, 2012

+1 @jakemgold @pippinsplugins @ryancduff @Otto42 @ethitter @norcross—
(@codyL) August 15, 2012

@otto42 Shouldn’t this conversation be on http make…

Lance Willett — Wed, 15 Aug 2012 17:28:36 +0000

@otto42 Shouldn’t this conversation be on http://make.wordpress.org/plugins/ instead?

Discussing .org plugin review