[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #23278: Spin PressThis off into a plugin

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#23278: Spin PressThis off into a plugin
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 Reporter:  georgestephanis  |       Type:  enhancement
   Status:  new              |   Priority:  normal
Milestone:  Awaiting Review  |  Component:  Press This
  Version:  3.5              |   Severity:  normal
 Keywords:  dev-feedback     |
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 PressThis has really been the ignored stepchild of WordPress for quite a
 while now.  I'd like to propose that we spin it out of core and into a
 plugin (either installable via the plugin repo or bundled with wp,
 whatever)

 Several things to consider:

 * Backwards Compatability: What happens when someone upgrades then uses an
 old bookmarklet?  I'd suggest either autoinstalling, or prompting them
 immediately to install the plugin through a special catch in core.
 * Press This doesn't have an includes file in wp-admin/includes that other
 plugins could pull in, so extracting it is very unlikely to break plugins
 that could be manually pulling that in.
 * This will make it easier to upgrade in plugin form, and let other people
 have an easier time hijacking it to use their own implementations.

 In today's IRC chat, as sabreuse pointed out, everyone seemed to either
 favor spinning it out into a plugin, or didn't have much of an opinion.
 If you really want it in core, please speak up!  I'd love to hear your
 reasons.

 I'm willing to throw a massive chunk of time at this to make it work, if
 that's the decision that we decide to move forward with.

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