[wp-docs] theme and plugin compatibility pages

[Kim Parsell]

Lorelle:

That sounds good to me. What about adding some functionality to the 
Extend section to be able to sort plugins/themes by what version they 
list as being compatible with (use Compatible up to: version number)? 
Would make it easier to sort up-to-date plugins from old/dead/abandoned 
plugins.

Kim

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Lorelle VanFossen wrote:
> I've been thinking about this issue. It was a big deal when there were 
> dramatic differences between versions which impacted which Theme and 
> Plugin. When the Plugin directory (extend) came fully into being, we 
> finally removed all the Plugin links pages. We got rid of cataloging 
> Themes a long time ago, so remind me again why we need to do this 
> compatibility list if WordPress now has auto-updating and installation 
> of Themes and Plugins?
>
> The key question on the compatibility lists is to which version are we 
> going to manually pay tribute to those who keep their work updated and 
> not?
>
> What do you all say about stopping the manual compatibility pages for 
> Plugins and Themes for the next release of WordPress?
>
> Lorelle
>
>
> On Sat, Jul 11, 2009 at 12:57 AM, mrmist <listswpdocs at mist.org.uk 
> <mailto:listswpdocs at mist.org.uk>> wrote:
>
>     In message <4D263361-1712-4F8D-BC11-B6268FFCE1F2 at ftwr.co.uk
>     <mailto:4D263361-1712-4F8D-BC11-B6268FFCE1F2 at ftwr.co.uk>>, Peter
>     Westwood <peter.westwood at ftwr.co.uk
>     <mailto:peter.westwood at ftwr.co.uk>> writes
>
>
>         The time will come when those pages should go completely and
>         we should refer people to Extend.
>
>         This of course needs to be combined with a way of the
>         community being able to mark plugins/themes on Extend as
>         compatible and compatibility being searchable.
>
>
>     Good.  For the time being we seem to have reached an acceptable
>     solution which is to consolidate the multiple-theme sites.
>     -- 
>     mrmist
>