[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #30337: Recommended plugins to replace Popular plugins tab

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#30337: Recommended plugins to replace Popular plugins tab
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 Reporter:  tellyworth      |       Owner:  azaozz
     Type:  task (blessed)  |      Status:  reopened
 Priority:  normal          |   Milestone:  4.1
Component:  Plugins         |     Version:
 Severity:  normal          |  Resolution:
 Keywords:                  |     Focuses:
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Comment (by johnbillion):

 > Why would we accommodate "lazy" plugin developers (those who cannot be
 bothered updating the readme.txt file)
 It's not about being lazy. In the real world, many plugin authors have
 jobs and families and hobbies that don't involve following core
 development.

 We don't gain anything from enforcing the "Tested up to" version number.
 The whole point of it is to indicate that the author of the plugin has
 ''actually'' tested the plugin up to that version. If we start enforcing
 it then authors who don't have the time to test their plugin immediately
 prior to or after a WordPress release will bump the version without doing
 any testing, which renders the field useless. We want them actually
 testing their plugins.

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Ticket URL: <https://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/30337#comment:30>
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