[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #63915: Make it possible to bookmark plugins in backend

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#63915: Make it possible to bookmark plugins in backend
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 Reporter:  prestonwordsworth  |       Owner:  (none)
     Type:  feature request    |      Status:  closed
 Priority:  normal             |   Milestone:  Awaiting Review
Component:  Plugins            |     Version:  trunk
 Severity:  normal             |  Resolution:  wontfix
 Keywords:  close              |     Focuses:  ui, administration
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Comment (by westonruter):

 To implement this it would require having a way to link a user account in
 a WordPress site with a user on WordPress.org. I recall this being
 discussed when there was discussion of WordPress.org serving an an oAuth
 proxy for apps, but that didn't happen.

 Maybe a good workaround for this would be to use usernames on a WordPress
 site that matches the username on WordPress.org. In my case, that would be
 `westonruter`. You could then have a plugin that automatically pre-
 populates the username for favorite plugins. For when usernames don't
 match, there could be a new WordPress.org Profile URL field added to a
 user's contact info.

 Otherwise, the existing workaround of just installing a plugin but not
 activating it also works! That seems like a good solution too because not
 all plugins are even on WordPress.org to be able to favorite in the first
 place.

 I agree this should be closed. But I do like finding a better way to
 surface favorites!

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Ticket URL: <https://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/63915#comment:6>
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