Making WordPress.org

Changes between Initial Version and Version 1 of Ticket #6511, comment 129


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03/31/2023 01:52:51 AM (22 months ago)
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  • Ticket #6511, comment 129

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    11> However, it is possible that wp.org may provide more data to certain users than others, so I wouldn't be surprised if that was the case.
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    3 To be clear: WordPress.org doesn't share the exact number, other than the publicly shown rounded sets, however a number of ''trusted individuals'' who work on WordPress.org have access to some data that is not publicly shown, ''as it's required for their contributions'', they're trusted not to share any data publicly that is not publicly relevant or should be considered private or unverified (or statistically maybe not 100% correct - which is the case for Active Installs, and why we round them the way we do).
     3To be clear: WordPress.org doesn't share the exact number, other than the publicly shown rounded sets, however a number of ''trusted individuals'' who work on WordPress.org have access to some data that is not publicly shown, ''as it's required for their contributions'', they're trusted not to share (publicly, or privately with a plugin author) any data that is not publicly available or should be considered private or unverified (or statistically maybe not 100% correct - which is the case for Active Installs, and why we round them the way we do).
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    55Plugins don't get preferential treatment based on the author or who they know. The data made available to a plugin with 100 active installs is the same as what's made available to plugins with millions of installs.