[wp-hackers] Child plugins (add-ons)

[Dino Termini]

Hi Marko,

WP SlimStat already includes a number of actions and hooks that allow 
third-party developers to extend its functionality. A "separate plugin 
that needs the main..." is just one way of looking at things. If we 
apply your reasoning to Child Themes, then that naming is "wrong" as 
well, as they are usually extensions or customizations of existing 
themes, and not separate themes relying on their parents ;) But naming 
conventions aside, I believe it would be great to expand the Plugins 
Management interface to group (accordions?) plugins based on their 
relationships. I haven't looked at the way BuddyPress implements it, but 
it could be a good starting point.

Cheers,
Dino.

On 2/15/2013 2:14 PM, Marko Heijnen wrote:
> Hey Dino,
>
> If it is a part of your plugin then delete doesn't make sense. Just an option to make it active or not. The word 'Child plugin' would be wrong for this.
> A 'Child plugin' for me would be a separate plugin that needs the main plugin because it uses the hook the main plugin has. Like a random BuddyPress plugin that obviously need BuddyPress.
> So I guess you should look into your plugin and see if there are places where it make sense to add an action or a filter.
>
> Marko
>