[wp-hackers] Plugin usage info

[Barry Carlyon]

With regards to the list of active plugins getting bounced back to wordpress.org

Can you give me a quick reference to where it is in the code? (I'm about to go hunting for it in a bit but a pointer would be useful)

Barry

--------------------------------

Barry Carlyon
Freelance Web Developer
Freelance Lighting/AV Engineer

http://barrycarlyon.co.uk

mobile: 07729 048 443
skype: barrycarlyon
email: barry at barrycarlyon.co.uk
msn: barry at barrycarlyon.co.uk

On 28 Feb 2011, at 13:48, Christopher Ross wrote:

> Mark, I have several government clients who insist WP does not talk to external servers, as a result I have to strip this functionality from various modules before upgrades each time but overall, it's a great feature. It would be nice if there was an easy method for activating self containment (like airplane mode on a cell phone) but, I suspect that I am one of the few people on the planet who would ever use it. 
> 
> 
> Chris.
> 
> On 2011-02-28, at 1:14 AM, Mark E wrote:
> 
>> 
>> 
>> On 02/25/2011 03:03 PM, Ryan Bilesky wrote:
>>> I think the closest you can get is how many downloads.  Otherwise wordpress
>>> would have to send communication to the wordpress server on every activation
>>> and deactivation of plugins on every site.
>> 
>> For those who haven't looked under the hood, a WP installation routinely and regularly sends a list of active plugins (and other info) to wordpress.org - whether you like it or not. So those stats (and a lot more) is available within the realms of Automattic.
>> 
>> And incidentally, that violates many companies' internal information disclosure policies.
>> 
>> M
>> _______________________________________________
>> wp-hackers mailing list
>> wp-hackers at lists.automattic.com
>> http://lists.automattic.com/mailman/listinfo/wp-hackers
> 
> 
> 
> __
> 
> Christopher Ross
> Online Portfolio - http://christopherross.ca
> Personal Blog - http://thisismyurl.com
> 
> Fredericton - 506.238.4461
> San Diego   - 858.201.4912
> 
> _______________________________________________
> wp-hackers mailing list
> wp-hackers at lists.automattic.com
> http://lists.automattic.com/mailman/listinfo/wp-hackers