It seems like you figured it out, but for the sake of clarity, and in case it helps someone else: It appears that you went to the site editor, hit the + to make a new template, and accepted the default for which kind of template you wanted, which was “Front Page.” You then wanted … Read more
I sent an email to [email protected], and they resolved the issue. They replied with the following reason: Why This Happened Due to the high volume of mail and signups we have at WordPress.org, and the sadly high number of fake accounts, we have a very complex system to try and catch bad actors before they … Read more
Late answer A mini plugin as local API This plugin gives you – after you filled in the slug of your repository – the downloads stats as array. The keys are the dates, the values the downloads. <?php /** Plugin Name: (#84254) Plugin stats API */ function wpse84254_get_download_stats() { $response = wp_remote_request( add_query_arg( ‘slug’ ,’YOUR-REPO-PLUGIN-SLUG’ … Read more
On wordpress.org, what is the logic behind closing support tickets permanently? [closed]
How can I get total plugin downloads history?
See Task 3: “Tagging” a new version: http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/about/svn/
There’s a bug in the parser with regards to short descriptions. I’ve just been fixing them manually for now when I run across them. Regardless of the reason for the error, you get much better results if you ask the plugins team directly instead of posting somewhere else. We have an email address. plugins @ … Read more
Late answer A mini plugin as local API This plugin gives you – after you filled in the slug of your repository – the downloads stats as array. The keys are the dates, the values the downloads. <?php /** Plugin Name: (#84254) Plugin stats API */ function wpse84254_get_download_stats() { $response = wp_remote_request( add_query_arg( ‘slug’ ,’YOUR-REPO-PLUGIN-SLUG’ … Read more
Not yet. Otto said ‘soon’ on Wednesday. But he went to a BBQ this weekend, so ‘soon’ is probably ‘This month.’ 😉 Edit: Otto42: @Ipstenu @EricMann I have code to do that, but not deployed yet. Some debate over the best way. It will be there eventually.
This does not answer the question in specific, but those are some resources regarding the question (feel free to add stuff). Blog Articles and Discussions Who is WordPress talking to? (Interconnect IT, 07 March 2011) What Data Does WordPress Send Back to the Mothership (Lynne Pope; 14 Dec 2009) Is WordPress Spyware? (Jeff Chandler; 10 … Read more