I visit the WordPress Plugin Directory a lot during my constant hunt for plugins for our release posts. If you’re a plugin author and you’re not hosting your plugin on the Repository then you’re definitely missing out a lot in getting your plugin out to all WordPress Users, especially now with the Plugin Directory search improved. So, if you’re a plugin author and if you release your plugins as GPL, then do remember to add your plugin.
That being said, if you’re hosting your plugin there, then you will be required to add a readme.txt file in the folder of your plugin.
To begin with, take a look at the standard readme.txt file.
The readme.txt file contains the following sections:
Plugin Name
Description
Installation
Frequently Asked Questions
Screenshots
Other sections
In my opinion, the most important of these are the first two sections since these are the first that a potential user sees. Completing all the sections is also useful […]
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