[wp-meta] [Making WordPress.org] #4962: Use readme.md as fallback

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#4962: Use readme.md as fallback
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 Reporter:  renathoc          |      Owner:  (none)
     Type:  enhancement       |     Status:  new
 Priority:  lowest            |  Milestone:
Component:  Plugin Directory  |   Keywords:
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 Our plugin directory uses the readme.txt file, with custom markdown
 support, to show our plugin description. And usually, we create readme.md
 for our repos. For this reason, we need to create 2 readme for our
 projects.

 I think it would be good to have the readme.md support (rendering markdown
 like the main repos: github, gitlab, bitbucket) for the Plugin Directory.
 To keep the backward compatibility, we could use the readme.md as a
 fallback when we don't have the reame.txt

 Reference: https://developer.wordpress.org/plugins/wordpress-org/how-your-
 readme-txt-works/

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