[wp-hackers] Plugin usage info

[Ryan Bilesky]

that is surprising, i wouldn't have guessed wp would do that at least not
without making it more known.

On Sun, Feb 27, 2011 at 9:47 PM, Mark E <mark at simplercomputing.net> wrote:

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> -------- Original Message --------
> Subject: Re: [wp-hackers] Plugin usage info
> Date: Sun, 27 Feb 2011 22:45:08 -0700
> From: Mark E <mark at simplercomputing.net>
> To: Aaron Jorbin <aaron at jorb.in>
>
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> On 02/27/2011 10:33 PM, Aaron Jorbin wrote:
>
> 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.
>>
>
> Plus this:
>
> $url =
> "
> http://api.wordpress.org/core/version-check/1.5/?version=$wp_version&php=$php_version&locale=$locale&mysql=$mysql_version&local_package=$local_package&blogs=$num_blogs&users={$user_count['total_users']}&multisite_enabled=$multisite_enabled
> ";
>
> Plus more.
>
> Is that really necessary to determine if plugins, themes, and core need
> an update? Nope.
>
> I mentioned it because people need to know since some company's have
> incredibly strict privacy policies where such info leakage could
> represent a considerable risk in their eyes.
>
> However, nowhere does a WP install tell you this when you install it.
>
>
> M
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