[wp-meta] [Making WordPress.org] #1056: Plugin Directory Sidebar Links

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#1056: Plugin Directory Sidebar Links
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 Reporter:  ramiy             |       Owner:  coffee2code
     Type:  defect            |      Status:  assigned
 Priority:  normal            |   Milestone:
Component:  Plugin Directory  |  Resolution:
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Comment (by Ipstenu):

 Okay.  For the first point, the 'add your theme' link goes to
 https://wordpress.org/themes/getting-started/ so
 https://wordpress.org/plugins/getting-started/ would be fine as a URL for
 parity.

 As far as content, I like the first example, since then the link to
 https://wordpress.org/plugins/upload/ would be the same as
 https://wordpress.org/themes/upload/ (just with a text form) and again,
 parity.

 On the second...

 > We shouldn't lose discoverability of plugin developer tools (e.g.
 readme.txt example, readme validator) when removing the sidebar links and
 redirecting the "Developers" link to the Plugin Developer handbook.

 We don't even know what pages people are on when they click those links
 (at a guess, they don't, given the number of people who have replied "What
 guidelines?") so the landing page and the links off make/plugins are kind
 of there NOW with the effort of RTFM *WHACK* RTFM!

 Maybe under resources? A link to 'Developer Tools'? The problem is of
 course that https://developer.wordpress.org/plugins/ is not geared 100%
 towards just plugins on .org.

 WordPress.org Developer Tools?  How to submit your plugin and not make me
 cry?

 I think https://developer.wordpress.org/plugins/wordpress-org/ is the
 right page for that information, but I'm not sure how to word it properly
 for all things :/

 BTW:

 >  The handbook only mentions the readme.txt example buried on this page
 (there is also a broken or incomplete reference to it on the landing
 page).

 Fixed.

 It's also on https://developer.wordpress.org/plugins/wordpress-org
 /planning-your-plugin/

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