How to Submit a plugin to WordPress.org Repository

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Plugin Submission to WordPress.org Repository

Tareq Hasan

@tareq_cse

Founder, Lead Developer - weDevs

http://tareq.weDevs.com

http://weDevs.com

Ready Your Plugin

Make sure it doesn’t have any errors!

Pick a Good Name

Make sure another plugin doesn’t exist with same name or slug

Pick a Good Name

Make sure another plugin doesn’t exist with same name or slug

http://wordpress.org/plugins/meetup/

Submit A Plugin Request

http://wordpress.org/plugins/add/

Now You’ve to Wait

Confirmation Email

Now What?

How do I upload my codes? I don’t have FTP

Now What?

How do I upload my codes? I don’t have FTP

Subversion….Ugh!!!

101: Install Subversion

Basic SVN Terminology• Repo/Repository

• Checkout

• Commit

SubversionRepository

CommitCheckout

SubversionRepository

CommitCheckout

User User 2

Start The Engine…

Start The Engine…$ cd ~/svn/wp-plugins/

Start The Engine…$ cd ~/svn/wp-plugins/$ svn co http://plugins.svn.wordpress.org/meetup

Start The Engine…$ cd ~/svn/wp-plugins/$ svn co http://plugins.svn.wordpress.org/meetup> A meetup/trunk> A meetup/branches> A meetup/tags> Checked out revision 939235.

Folder Structure

Folder StructureScreenshots and Banner

Latest Code

Before Pushing…

We need a readme.txt file

Writing The Readme.Txt

http://wordpress.org/plugins/about/readme.txt

=== Plugin Name ===

=== Plugin Name ===Contributors: (this should be a list of wordpress.org userid's)

=== Plugin Name ===Contributors: (this should be a list of wordpress.org userid's)Donate link: http://example.com/

=== Plugin Name ===Contributors: (this should be a list of wordpress.org userid's)Donate link: http://example.com/Tags: comments, spam

=== Plugin Name ===Contributors: (this should be a list of wordpress.org userid's)Donate link: http://example.com/Tags: comments, spamRequires at least: 3.6

=== Plugin Name ===Contributors: (this should be a list of wordpress.org userid's)Donate link: http://example.com/Tags: comments, spamRequires at least: 3.6Tested up to: 3.9.1

=== Plugin Name ===Contributors: (this should be a list of wordpress.org userid's)Donate link: http://example.com/Tags: comments, spamRequires at least: 3.6Tested up to: 3.9.1Stable tag: 4.3

=== Plugin Name ===Contributors: (this should be a list of wordpress.org userid's)Donate link: http://example.com/Tags: comments, spamRequires at least: 3.6Tested up to: 3.9.1Stable tag: 4.3License: GPLv2 or later

=== Plugin Name ===Contributors: (this should be a list of wordpress.org userid's)Donate link: http://example.com/Tags: comments, spamRequires at least: 3.6Tested up to: 3.9.1Stable tag: 4.3License: GPLv2 or laterLicense URI: http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-2.0.html

Writing The Readme.TxtShort description >150 character !== Description == !your plugin description as details possible !== Installation == !Installation steps and details !== Frequently Asked Questions == !FAQ Questions

== Screenshots == !1. Single meetup view 2. Speaker list 3. Event schedule 4. Sponsor listing!== Changelog == !plugin changelog will be here !== Upgrade Notice == !Upgrade messages

Lets Push

Lets Push$ cd ~/svn/wp-plugins/meetup

Lets Push$ cd ~/svn/wp-plugins/meetup$ svn add trunk/*

Lets Push$ cd ~/svn/wp-plugins/meetup$ svn add trunk/*> A trunk/my-plugin.php> A trunk/readme.txt

$ svn ci -m 'First version of my plugin'

Lets Push$ cd ~/svn/wp-plugins/meetup$ svn add trunk/*> A trunk/my-plugin.php> A trunk/readme.txt

$ svn ci -m 'First version of my plugin'> Addingtrunk/my-plugin.php> Addingtrunk/readme.txt> Transmitting file data .> Committed revision 11326.

Banner Images

And It’s Live

Deploy From Git

https://gist.github.com/tareq1988/fdca590f9a9867c5306f

Deploy From Git

https://gist.github.com/tareq1988/fdca590f9a9867c5306f

$ ./deploy.sh “First version released”

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