[wp-testers] 2.3 Nightly - Plugin Compatibility

[Doug Smith]

On Wed, 29 Aug 2007 19:12:20, DD32 <wordpress at dd32.id.au> wrote:

> Just a thought to all this, Theres a LOT of wordpress plugins,  
> Maybe it'd
> be better to draw up a list of plugins which are known to NOT work  
> with
> 2.3? That way plugin authors can be contacted, Plugin users can submit
> patches to plugin authors/etc?
>
> Face it, Not *all* plugin authors are going to grab 2.3 betas straight
> away, And for users it'd be great o be able to glance at a list of
> plugins(And versions) which are known NOT to work?

Instead of making lists, wouldn't it be best to help plugin authors  
by testing then report the results back to them and encourage them to  
update their records in the WordPress Plugins Directory? The  
directory has a field for what version of WordPress a plugin is  
compatible up to.

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Doug Smith <doug at smithsrus.com>
<http://www.smithsrus.com>