[wp-meta] [Making WordPress.org] #7448: Plugins: Consider combining screenshot and banner.

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#7448: Plugins: Consider combining screenshot and banner.
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 Reporter:  dufresnesteven    |      Owner:  (none)
     Type:  defect (bug)      |     Status:  new
 Priority:  normal            |  Milestone:
Component:  Plugin Directory  |   Keywords:
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 In looking through the meta ticket list... I don't see anything related to
 why we chose a banner for the first visual of the page and a screenshot
 section below. ( Maybe it's a legacy problem where the banner dimensions
 are not suitable for a rotatable screenshot preview?)

 The banner has become important in communicating plugin quality which
 slants the playing field towards commercially driven plugins and teams who
 have access to design teams.

 It's a common paradigm to show the banner with screenshots prominently on
 the page in the same interaction zone and we should do the same.

 Smaller plugin developers could focus on creating good, useful screenshots
 to communicate the value of their plugin as opposed to forcing together a
 banner image with their limited graphic design skills (speaking for
 myself). I mean, the counter argument is that they could provide a
 screenshot as their banner but with the way the experience is configured,
 that would be unpredictable.

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