[wp-trac] Re: [WordPress Trac] #5651: Optimize get_plugin_data

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#5651: Optimize get_plugin_data
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 Reporter:  filosofo                                            |        Owner:  westi   
     Type:  defect                                              |       Status:  assigned
 Priority:  normal                                              |    Milestone:  2.5     
Component:  General                                             |      Version:  2.5     
 Severity:  normal                                              |   Resolution:          
 Keywords:  has-patch get_plugin_data memory plugin-management  |  
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Comment (by filosofo):

 Replying to [comment:13 darkdragon]:
 > The goal is to only pull in enough that we get all of the data, not
 completely break half the plugins out there.

 To get an idea of how many plugins are doing what, I grepped through the
 wp-plugins.org repository for "Plugin Name:," outputting and reverse
 sorting by the line number where "Plugin Name:" appears.  I've attached
 the result as plugins.txt.

 As you can see, the worst offender is "WP List Files" at line 37
 immediately followed by Google Sitemaps at line 33.

 Some of the lines are different versions of the same plugin, but even so,
 less than 4% have the "Plugin Name:" after the fifth line.  So I think
 it's safe to say that simply reading in 2K would adversely affect a
 statistically insignificant number of plugins, if any at all.

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