[wp-hackers] Less than Core, More than Plugins/Themes: Proposing Optional Modules.

[Mike Schinkel]

Thanks. I'll pursue #1 with my plugin that uses SimplePie when I get a chance.

For #2, we are more likely to see child-plugins emerge if we have a well-known way to include it. Does anyone know if there is sufficient information to support identifying dependent plugins in the plugin repository?

-Mike Schinkel
http://mikeschinkel.com/

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Subject: Re: [wp-hackers] Less than Core, More than Plugins/Themes: Proposing  Optional Modules.

For auto-install of dependencies, there are two ways, not very complicated
since WP 2.7:

1. Each child plugin has some code that checks if dependencies are met and
shows a message to auto-install them.

2. The core has an API for plugin and theme dependencies. This functionality
could not be dismissed as "too specialized".

Nr. 2 could stem from nr. 1, if a lot of child-plugins emerge.

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