[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #10789: Add plugin information to XML-RPC

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#10789: Add plugin information to XML-RPC
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 Reporter:  joehoyle     |       Owner:  josephscott                        
     Type:  enhancement  |      Status:  new                                
 Priority:  normal       |   Milestone:  3.0                                
Component:  XML-RPC      |     Version:  2.8.4                              
 Severity:  normal       |    Keywords:  xmlrpc, xml-rpc, plugins, has-patch
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Comment(by joehoyle):

 Replying to [comment:7 westi]:
 > I'm 50/50 on including this in core.
 >
 > I am trying to understand how it fits in with the use of XML-RPC as a
 publishing interface and what use it has for the majority of end-users.

 I guess it depends if you consider XML-RPC to be a publishing interface,
 or just a way of remotely interfacing with WordPress.

 > What would a consumer of the XML-RPC interface use this for?

 Things like the WordPress iPhone app could show the user what plugins they
 have activated, and more importantly - what plugins need updating.
 Currently, the only way to manage a WordPress site is via the Admin, I
 believe the XML-RPC API should provide all the functionality that the
 admin can - allowing third party tools to act in place of the admin (just
 as you can currently do for writing posts etc).

 Ideally, providing plugin information is the beginning, going on to allow
 activating plugins, upgrading plugins etc I think would be great, but
 thought that was a little bit bold to write a patch for that right now. I
 guess it depends on the devs general approach to what XML-RPC should allow
 / what it's purpose is.

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