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The most popular WordPress plugins
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The most popular WordPress plugins

ByBrian Krogsgard
WordPress plugin popularity has always been pretty tough to figure out. We only had download counts or independent, third party website scrapers to tell us anything. Now, WordPress.org itself has more data that’s being tested and launched to give us real insight into the popularity of WordPress plugins.

BuddyPress 1.9 released with notifications

ByBrian Krogsgard
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Active Install Charts Removed from Plugin Repo
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Active Install Charts Removed from Plugin Repo

ByDan Knauss
In reaction to as yet unpublicized details about the abuse of active install data in the WordPress.org plugin repository, the charts displaying that data have been removed from plugin pages in a move expected to be temporary. Important (and some familiar) questions are emerging as this story unfolds: how to balance the values of openness, security, and privacy as well as cooperation and competition at WordPress.org — still the central hub for WordPress plugin businesses.