[wp-hackers] Simplicity in 2.next

[Andy Skelton]

On 2/7/06, Mattias Winther <mattias at winthernet.se> wrote:
> This might have been discussed before, but another idea would be to allow for a more automatic installation process for the plugins in the central repository. Just switch to the extension browser, search for it, and click "install". The server downloads, places the files where they should be, and turns it on. Viola!

There is a wild variety of setups out there and one of the least
reliable aspects is file/directory permissions. See the discussions on
uploading and caching to get a feel for the kinds of issues we see
when we add file writing to the list of expected capabilities.

Still, there are projects under way to do exactly what you suggest.
Join IRC channel #wordpress on chat.freenode.net and you'll find these
things out.

Cheers,
Andy