[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #17902: Add a "Plugin Details" link to installed plugins.

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#17902: Add a "Plugin Details" link to installed plugins.
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 Reporter:  trusktr      |       Owner:  johnbillion
     Type:  enhancement  |      Status:  assigned
 Priority:  normal       |   Milestone:  Awaiting Review
Component:  Plugins      |     Version:  2.7
 Severity:  normal       |  Resolution:
 Keywords:  needs-patch  |     Focuses:  administration
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Comment (by tellyworth):

 I attached a new patch that takes a totally different approach.

 Basically it requests info about all plugins when using the update-check
 API. This is not yet supported by the API, but if consensus is positive
 then I have an API-side patch to handle it. The extra info is returned as
 a separate list - one list of plugins needing an update, one for
 everything else.

 This gives WP a canonical slug for all plugins that exist in the wp.org
 directory. Given that it's a simple matter of using the existing plugin
 details modal.

 I don't think this necessarily replaces the other ideas mentioned in this
 thread - it might make sense to do it this way for plugins hosted in the
 directory, and use readme data for those sourced elsewhere. Either way I
 think it'd be helpful to request and store this data, as having the
 canonical slug for installed plugins (where applicable) will be useful for
 other things. This might help satisfy #20002.

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