[wp-meta] [Making WordPress.org] #7251: Add a Preview in Playground button to the plugin directory

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#7251: Add a Preview in Playground button to the plugin directory
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 Reporter:  tellyworth             |       Owner:  tellyworth
     Type:  enhancement            |      Status:  accepted
 Priority:  normal                 |   Milestone:
Component:  Plugin Directory       |  Resolution:
 Keywords:  needs-design-feedback  |
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Comment (by alanfuller):

 Replying to [comment:70 tellyworth]:
 > Replying to [comment:68 jeffparker]:
 >
 > Two, there's the question of how plugins that require network access
 should present themselves to the user when newly installed. My sense is
 that this needs to be solved with a combination of things:
 >
 > * Blueprint support should allow configuring ready-to-go demo content in
 live previews based on Playground.
 > * Plugins ought to gracefully degrade in a situation where an external
 network or API is unavailable. (This goes beyond Playground: people test
 plugins locally and on staging sites; and even in prod network
 connectivity may be limited or lost at times)
 >
 Whilst  graceful handling of missing connections and demo content may work
 for some, there is a subset of plugins, small that may be, that the real
 value of a demo is in the ability for the user to their own live content.
 And example would be say a feed from a closed system via API.  For these
 plugins a network connection is essential to showcase in context of the
 user.  ( disclosure, one of my plugins is such and the live demo
 connecting to user data is very popular when users evaluate it )

 In these cases, hopefully the network issue gets resolved, the github
 thread seem it was progressing not a 'no'.

 Until networking is resolved an ability to selectively replace the 'Live
 Preview' with a 'Try on Demo Site' would be the best solution.

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