| 1 | === Plugin Name ===
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| 2 | Contributors: (this should be a list of wordpress.org userid's)
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| 3 | Donate link: http://example.com/
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| 4 | Tags: comments, spam
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| 5 | Requires at least: 4.6
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| 6 | Tested up to: 4.7
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| 7 | Stable tag: 4.3
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| 8 | Requires PHP: 5.2
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| 9 | License: GPLv2 or later
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| 10 | License URI: https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-2.0.html
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| 11 |
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| 12 | Here is a short description of the plugin. This should be no more than 150 characters. No markup here.
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| 13 |
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| 14 | == Description ==
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| 15 |
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| 16 | This is the long description. No limit, and you can use Markdown (as well as in the following sections).
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| 17 |
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| 18 | For backwards compatibility, if this section is missing, the full length of the short description will be used, and
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| 19 | Markdown parsed.
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| 20 |
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| 21 | A few notes about the sections above:
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| 22 |
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| 23 | * "Contributors" is a comma separated list of wordpress.org usernames
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| 24 | * "Tags" is a comma separated list of tags that apply to the plugin
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| 25 | * "Requires at least" is the lowest version that the plugin will work on
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| 26 | * "Tested up to" is the highest version that you've *successfully used to test the plugin*. Note that it might work on
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| 27 | higher versions... this is just the highest one you've verified.
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| 28 | * Stable tag should indicate the Subversion "tag" of the latest stable version, or "trunk," if you use `/trunk/` for
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| 29 | stable.
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| 30 |
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| 31 | Note that the `readme.txt` of the stable tag is the one that is considered the defining one for the plugin, so
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| 32 | if the `/trunk/readme.txt` file says that the stable tag is `4.3`, then it is `/tags/4.3/readme.txt` that'll be used
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| 33 | for displaying information about the plugin. In this situation, the only thing considered from the trunk `readme.txt`
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| 34 | is the stable tag pointer. Thus, if you develop in trunk, you can update the trunk `readme.txt` to reflect changes in
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| 35 | your in-development version, without having that information incorrectly disclosed about the current stable version
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| 36 | that lacks those changes -- as long as the trunk's `readme.txt` points to the correct stable tag.
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| 37 |
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| 38 | If no stable tag is provided, it is assumed that trunk is stable, but you should specify "trunk" if that's where
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| 39 | you put the stable version, in order to eliminate any doubt.
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| 40 |
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| 41 | == Installation ==
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| 42 |
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| 43 | This section describes how to install the plugin and get it working.
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| 44 |
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| 45 | e.g.
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| 46 |
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| 47 | 1. Upload the plugin files to the `/wp-content/plugins/plugin-name` directory, or install the plugin through the WordPress plugins screen directly.
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| 48 | 1. Activate the plugin through the 'Plugins' screen in WordPress
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| 49 | 1. Use the Settings->Plugin Name screen to configure the plugin
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| 50 | 1. (Make your instructions match the desired user flow for activating and installing your plugin. Include any steps that might be needed for explanatory purposes)
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| 51 |
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| 52 |
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| 53 | == Frequently Asked Questions ==
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| 54 |
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| 55 | = A question that someone might have =
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| 56 |
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| 57 | An answer to that question.
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| 58 |
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| 59 | = What about foo bar? =
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| 60 |
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| 61 | Answer to foo bar dilemma.
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| 62 |
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| 63 | == Screenshots ==
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| 64 |
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| 65 | 1. This screen shot description corresponds to screenshot-1.(png|jpg|jpeg|gif). Note that the screenshot is taken from
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| 66 | the /assets directory or the directory that contains the stable readme.txt (tags or trunk). Screenshots in the /assets
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| 67 | directory take precedence. For example, `/assets/screenshot-1.png` would win over `/tags/4.3/screenshot-1.png`
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| 68 | (or jpg, jpeg, gif).
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| 69 | 2. This is the second screen shot
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| 70 |
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| 71 | == Changelog ==
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| 72 |
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| 73 | = 1.0 =
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| 74 | * A change since the previous version.
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| 75 | * Another change.
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| 76 |
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| 77 | = 0.5 =
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| 78 | * List versions from most recent at top to oldest at bottom.
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| 79 |
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| 80 | == Upgrade Notice ==
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| 81 |
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| 82 | = 1.0 =
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| 83 | Upgrade notices describe the reason a user should upgrade. No more than 300 characters.
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| 84 |
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| 85 | = 0.5 =
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| 86 | This version fixes a security related bug. Upgrade immediately.
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| 87 |
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| 88 | == Arbitrary section ==
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| 89 |
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| 90 | You may provide arbitrary sections, in the same format as the ones above. This may be of use for extremely complicated
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| 91 | plugins where more information needs to be conveyed that doesn't fit into the categories of "description" or
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| 92 | "installation." Arbitrary sections will be shown below the built-in sections outlined above.
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| 93 |
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| 94 | == A brief Markdown Example ==
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| 95 |
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| 96 | Ordered list:
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| 97 |
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| 98 | 1. Some feature
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| 99 | 1. Another feature
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| 100 | 1. Something else about the plugin
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| 101 |
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| 102 | Unordered list:
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| 103 |
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| 104 | * something
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| 105 | * something else
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| 106 | * third thing
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| 107 |
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| 108 | Here's a link to [WordPress](http://wordpress.org/ "Your favorite software") and one to [Markdown's Syntax Documentation][markdown syntax].
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| 109 | Titles are optional, naturally.
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| 110 |
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| 111 | [markdown syntax]: http://daringfireball.net/projects/markdown/syntax
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| 112 | "Markdown is what the parser uses to process much of the readme file"
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| 113 |
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| 114 | Markdown uses email style notation for blockquotes and I've been told:
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| 115 | > Asterisks for *emphasis*. Double it up for **strong**.
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| 116 |
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| 117 | `<?php code(); // goes in backticks ?>`
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