[wp-hackers] Checking plugin version

[Martin Lazarov]

Not all users use default plugin install directory. So akismet can be  in
wp-content/plugins/akismet
wp-content/plugins/akism
wp-content/plugins/something_else/

Is there reliable info i can use to query the API?

On Sat, Sep 22, 2012 at 2:40 PM, David Anderson <david at wordshell.net> wrote:
>
>> I'm interested in "Finding out about current WP directory plugin
>> versions, by queryinghttp://api.wordpress.org".
>>
>> To query wordshell i need to know plugin slug - how i can get it?
>
> For an installed plugin, the plugin slug equals the last component of the
> directory name (for wp-content/plugins/akismet, it is akismet).
>
> For a not-yet-installed plugin, it equals the last part of the URL in the WP
> directory, e.g. for Updraft Plus, the URL is
> http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/updraftplus, and so the slug can be
> identified as updraftplus.
>
> David
>
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