[wp-hackers] Plugin usage info

[Aaron Jorbin]

On Mon, Feb 28, 2011 at 12:24 AM, Mark E <mark at simplercomputing.net> wrote:
> I should probably point out to any devs developing a super secret new
> plugins and themes: Your project isn't really secret - some people know
> about everything running on your private dev box if it has an outbound
> connection to the Internet.  So keep that in mind when you're working for
> clients that have strict privacy policies, most large corps do.
>

The information sent is:
<taken from get_plugin_data in wp-admin/includes/plugins.php>
 *              'Name' - Name of the plugin, must be unique.
 *              'Title' - Title of the plugin and the link to the
plugin's web site.
 *              'Description' - Description of what the plugin does and/or notes
 *              from the author.
 *              'Author' - The author's name
 *              'AuthorURI' - The authors web site address.
 *              'Version' - The plugin version number.
 *              'PluginURI' - Plugin web site address.
 *              'TextDomain' - Plugin's text domain for localization.
 *              'DomainPath' - Plugin's relative directory path to .mo files.
 *              'Network' - Boolean. Whether the plugin can only be
activated network wide.


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On Mon, Feb 28, 2011 at 12:24 AM, Mark E <mark at simplercomputing.net> wrote:
>
>
> On 02/27/2011 10:18 PM, Mike Schinkel wrote:
>
>> Can you please point to exactly where this is in the WordPress core
>> source code?  File name and line number, please.
>
>
> No, because I don't remember the location offhand. But, you can do what I
> did: Start with the plugins code in the admin dir and trace it to find the
> point where it's querying wordpress.org, then insert a break point and dump
> out what it sends and receives.
>
> I should probably point out to any devs developing a super secret new
> plugins and themes: Your project isn't really secret - some people know
> about everything running on your private dev box if it has an outbound
> connection to the Internet.  So keep that in mind when you're working for
> clients that have strict privacy policies, most large corps do.
>
> Mark
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