[wp-meta] [Making WordPress.org] #7801: Plugin submission: Improve "Waiting time" message,

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#7801: Plugin submission: Improve "Waiting time" message,
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 Reporter:  frantorres        |      Owner:  (none)
     Type:  enhancement       |     Status:  new
 Priority:  normal            |  Milestone:
Component:  Plugin Directory  |   Keywords:
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 In the "Add your plugin" page
 https://wordpress.org/plugins/developers/add/

 There is a message that shows the amount of plugins awaiting first review
 and the current estimated waiting time (expressed in the number of waiting
 days).

 https://github.com/WordPress/wordpress.org/blob/522956d2831178d5554d0cddcb11803d316936f1/wordpress.org/public_html
 /wp-content/plugins/plugin-directory/shortcodes/class-upload.php#L147

 There are two suggested changes to this messages.

 == Wait time

 This is an example of the current standard message:

 > The current wait for an initial review is at least ''12'' days.

 The Plugin Review Team has noticed that some people are confused by the
 wait time, because they don't understand that the wait time is the current
 estimated wait time for a new plugin, not their position in the queue, and
 not a guaranteed wait time (as it can fluctuate depending on the number of
 submissions and reviews done).

 The suggestion is to change it to a fixed and clearer value that also
 makes it easy to check your position in the queue.

 > At this point, all plugins that have been submitted before ''1 October
 2024'' have received an initial response to their submission.

 Being that date the date of the oldest submission minus 36 hours (to make
 it the day before the oldest submission and also adding some additional
 margin to avoid confusion about timezones)

 If this time is bellow 8 days, as the fluctuation can be higher and to
 avoid time to response expectations that may not be accurate, the message
 may be:

 > At this point, all plugins submitted in the last 10 days have received
 an initial response to their submission.

 == Additional information regarding the queues

 This message shows the queue of plugins pending first review, but there is
 an additional queue that affects the review time, the queue of plugins
 currently in review.

 This information is posted in the team updates
 https://make.wordpress.org/updates/tag/plugins/ and display it here can
 give additional information on the status of the queues.

 The proposal is to show an additional paragraph at the end with this
 information.

 > Besides the first review queue, there are currently ''2256'' plugins in
 the review process. ''2128'' are waiting for a response from the author,
 and ''107'' are waiting for a response from the reviewer.

 As getting detailed stats might be too much, just the first phrase if fine
 too.

 == Complete example of the new message

 === Queue longer than 8 days

 > Currently there are 256 plugins awaiting first review.

 > At this point, all plugins that have been submitted before 1 October
 2024 have received an initial response to their submission.

 > Besides the first review queue, there are currently 2256 plugins in the
 review process. 2128 are waiting for a response from the author, and 107
 are waiting for a response from the reviewer.

 === Queue under 8 days
 > Currently there are 42 plugins awaiting first review.

 > At this point, all plugins submitted in the last 10 days have received
 an initial response to their submission.

 > Besides the first review queue, there are currently 2256 plugins in the
 review process. 2128 are waiting for a response from the author, and 107
 are waiting for a response from the reviewer.

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