[wp-hackers] support for custoim post types + custom feilds

Krusty Ruffle krustyruffle at rustykruffle.com
Mon Jun 28 22:26:22 UTC 2010


It would be especially nice if retired plugins would show as retired in the
admin area, maybe with a link to search for similar plugins to replace it
with...

On Mon, Jun 28, 2010 at 1:13 PM, Mike Little <wordpress at zed1.com> wrote:

> On 28 June 2010 12:58, Stephen Rider <wp-hackers at striderweb.com> wrote:
>
> >
> > I would much prefer if old plugins were officially "retired" or archived
> > rather than being removed.  I have had situations where I've wanted to
> see
> > an old plugin -- knowing it no longer worked, but wanting to see the
> > original code for some reason.
> >
> > For example, a coder built a web site for a company I worked with, and
> used
> > a customized version on a plugin.  Later when I was trying to upgrade, I
> > wanted to see what exactly he customized.  I could have done this easily
> if
> > the original was still available for download, (diff folders), but it
> > wasn't.  Really made things hard for me at the time....
> >
> >
> >
>
> +1
>
> This also helps with security reviews of a site with old plugins/themes.
>  Being able to diff against the original version is much quicker than
> trying
> to find any inserted code.
>
>
>
> Mike
> --
> Mike Little
> http://zed1.com/
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