PREPARING YOUR PLUGIN For a .org Release Mark Wilkinson | markwilkinson.me | @wpmark 

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Coding Standards https://make.wordpress.org/core/handbook/best-practices/coding-standards/ https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/1a/Code.jpg 

EXTENSIBILITY do_action() / apply_filters() wordpress.tv/2014/08/29/mark-wilkinson-easy-extensible-plugins/ 

SANITIZE & VALIDATE wp_kses( $string, $allowed_html, $allowed_protocols ) esc_html( $text ) / esc_url( $url ) / esc_attr( $attr ) $wpdb->insert( $table, (array) $data ) 

define( 'WP_DEBUG', true ); 

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readme.txt https://wordpress.org/plugins/about/readme.txt https://wordpress.org/plugins/about/validator/ Contributors: wpmarkuk Donate link: http://markwilkinson.me/saythanks/ Tags: users, user switching Requires at least: 3.1 Tested up to: 4.4 Stable tag: 1.0.6 License: GPLv2 or later License URI: http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-2.0.html 

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1.  Must be compatible with the GNU General Public License v2, or later 2.  Must not do anything illegal, or be morally offensive 3.  You have to actually use the Subversion repository we give you 4.  The plugin must not embed external links on the public site (like a "powered by" link) without explicitly asking the user's permission. 5.  If you don’t specify a compatible license, what you check in is considered GPLv2 or later. 6.  We also have a large list of detailed guidelines, but mostly they say how not to be a spammer. FOLLOW THE RULES 

1.  Must be compatible with the GNU General Public License v2, or later 2.  Must not do anything illegal, or be morally offensive 3.  You have to actually use the Subversion repository we give you 4.  The plugin must not embed external links on the public site (like a "powered by" link) without explicitly asking the user's permission. 5.  If you don’t specify a compatible license, what you check in is considered GPLv2 or later. 6.  We also have a large list of detailed guidelines, but mostly they say how not to be a spammer. FOLLOW THE RULES 

1.  Must be compatible with the GNU General Public License v2, or later 2.  Must not do anything illegal, or be morally offensive 3.  You have to actually use the Subversion repository we give you 4.  The plugin must not embed external links on the public site (like a "powered by" link) without explicitly asking the user's permission. 5.  If you don’t specify a compatible license, what you check in is considered GPLv2 or later. 6.  We also have a large list of detailed guidelines, but mostly they say how not to be a spammer. FOLLOW THE RULES 

1.  Must be compatible with the GNU General Public License v2, or later 2.  Must not do anything illegal, or be morally offensive 3.  You have to actually use the Subversion repository we give you 4.  The plugin must not embed external links on the public site (like a "powered by" link) without explicitly asking the user's permission. 5.  If you don’t specify a compatible license, what you check in is considered GPLv2 or later. 6.  We also have a large list of detailed guidelines, but mostly they say how not to be a spammer. FOLLOW THE RULES 

1.  Must be compatible with the GNU General Public License v2, or later 2.  Must not do anything illegal, or be morally offensive 3.  You have to actually use the Subversion repository we give you 4.  The plugin must not embed external links on the public site (like a "powered by" link) without explicitly asking the user's permission. 5.  If you don’t specify a compatible license, what you check in is considered GPLv2 or later. 6.  We also have a large list of detailed guidelines, but mostly they say how not to be a spammer. FOLLOW THE RULES 

1.  Must be compatible with the GNU General Public License v2, or later 2.  Must not do anything illegal, or be morally offensive 3.  You have to actually use the Subversion repository we give you 4.  The plugin must not embed external links on the public site (like a "powered by" link) without explicitly asking the user's permission. 5.  If you don’t specify a compatible license, what you check in is considered GPLv2 or later. 6.  We also have a large list of detailed guidelines, but mostly they say how not to be a spammer. FOLLOW THE RULES 

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