[wp-hackers] How to rename plugins in the plugin repository?

[Piyush Mishra]

try using plugin dependency with svn(setup the name you want and
release a new version of the current plugin tht depends on the other
shoter named one. not a very good workaround though) or try directory
renaming may be with a new version of the plugin.
having some url shortening technique is also a good option. try
talking to some core devs about this though they may be able to help.
join #wordpress-dev on IRC and look for some core dev to help u with
the renaming on svn

On 6/30/10, eric at eamann.com <eric at eamann.com> wrote:
> A quick solution to that would be to add a rewrite rule to WordPress to
> shorten
> the URL.  Then it would be something like:
> http://www.yoursite.com/?wpresponder=[some_10_character_string].  You can
> tell
> WordPress to pass this string directly to the file that uses it and perform
> an
> internal redirect to put the user on the right page.  If you really want to
> get
> into it, you can support pretty permalinks here, too:
> http://www.yoursite.com/wpresponder/some_10_character_string.
>
> I have a very rough system that does this in my RegLevel plug-in:
> http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/reglevel/  It allows users to create
> secondary registration pages for each user type on their site.  Visitors can
> register on these secondary pages by going to
> http://www.yoursite.com/?reglevel=Some_user_defined_string.
>
>
> On June 30, 2010 at 3:42 PM Raj <list at expost.org> wrote:
>
>> Thank you piyush and Eric,
>>
>> I agree that hard coding directory names is a bad practice. I started
>> working
>> on this plugin a little over a year ago when I was something of a
>> wordpress
>> API newbie so I did what worked :)
>>
>> All of the emails that my plugin sends to email subscribers have URLs that
>> lead directly to the plugin files. Like this:
>>
>> http://www.youriste.com/wp-content/plugins/wp-responder-email-autoresponder-and-newsletter-plugin/confirm.php?p=
>> [some_10_character_string_identifies_subscriber]
>>
>> Many email providers, especially Gmail, strip out URLs in emails that are
>> too
>> long. As you can see the biggest offender is the plugin's directory name
>> which
>> is unnecessarily long. So it is becoming a problem for the users of the
>> plugin.
>>
>> Obviously I will have to change the plugin such that it doesn't link
>> directly
>> to one of the plugin files. But now....as of day 5 after submitting to wp
>> extend directory the plugin has had around 610 downloads which I think is
>> pretty impressive. It's really painful to think about all those people
>> having
>> installed the plugin and not many of them being able to use this plugin
>> reliably. I need to solve this problem ASAP.
>>
>> Please help.
>>
>> Raj
>>
>>
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: wp-hackers-bounces at lists.automattic.com
>> [mailto:wp-hackers-bounces at lists.automattic.com] On Behalf Of
>> eric at eamann.com
>> Sent: Wednesday, June 30, 2010 8:21 PM
>> To: wp-hackers at lists.automattic.com
>> Subject: Re: [wp-hackers] How to rename plugins in the plugin repository?
>>
>> Beyond renaming the plug-in, it's bad practice to hard-code directory
>> names in
>> the first place. �Many users will want to rename this folder or that
>> folder
>> for
>> whatever reason, and hard-coding folder names in your plug-in removes that
>> ability.
>> �
>> Take a multi-blog environment as an example. �I host several blogs for
>> other
>> users, and many like to use the same plug-ins but not the same themes.
>> �Occasionally, a theme comes around that will work with version 1.0 of a
>> plug-in, but for whatever reason won't work with version 1.2. �Rather than
>> telling user A they're out of luck and upgrading for user B (or
>> vice-versa),
>> I'll install them side-by-side in different folders. �This way the users
>> can
>> pick the version that works for them. �To do this, I have to change folder
>> names
>> - if I was doing it with your plug-in, I'd then have to go in and change
>> hard-coded values as well. �That's a major coding no-no.
>> �
>> Instead, I'd recommend using something like define('BASE_URL',
>> dirname(__FILE__)
>> ); to set the current directory name as a constant. �Then you can
>> reference
>> BASE_URL elsewhere in your script as necessary.
>> �
>>
>> On June 30, 2010 at 1:50 PM list at expost.org wrote:
>>
>> > Hi,
>> >
>> >�
>> >
>> > I recently submitted a plugin to the wordpress plugin repository. While
>> > submitting it I made the mistake of providing a long name : "WP
>> > Responder -
>> > Email Autoresponder and Newlsetter Plugin'. Now the plugin URL is:
>> >
>> >�
>> >
>> > http://plugins.svn.wordpress.org/wp-responder-email-autoresponder-and-newsle
>> > tter-plugin/
>> >
>> >�
>> >
>> > When users install the plugin from the dashboard the plugin's directory
>> > is:
>> >
>> >�
>> >
>> > wp-responder-email-autoresponder-and-newsletter-plugin
>> >
>> >�
>> >
>> > when it should be just:
>> >
>> >�
>> >
>> > wpresponder
>> >
>> >�
>> >
>> > I have hardcoded the name of the plugin's directory as 'wpresponder' in
>> > the
>> > plugin files. As a result the plugin is creating many problems for those
>> > who
>> > download and install the plugin. I am getting a lot of email from users
>> > of
>> > the plugin about it.
>> >
>> >�
>> >
>> > If the plugin directory was named wpresponder and the svn URL is as
>> > shown
>> > below the problem would be solved.
>> >
>> >�
>> >
>> > http://plugins.svn.wordpress.org/wpresponder/
>> >
>> >�
>> >
>> > Could you please tell me how the directory can be renamed? Who should I
>> > contact, what I need to do?
>> >
>> >�
>> >
>> > Looking forward to your replies,
>> >
>> >�
>> >
>> > Raj Sekharan
>> >
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