Making WordPress.org

Changes between Version 3 and Version 4 of Ticket #6511, comment 21


Ignore:
Timestamp:
10/04/2022 02:47:45 PM (2 years ago)
Author:
joppuyo
Comment:

Legend:

Unmodified
Added
Removed
Modified
  • Ticket #6511, comment 21

    v3 v4  
    55It was possible to get the accurate active installs count using and API provided by wp.org and a basic math formula: https://benjaminintal.com/2020/09/12/how-to-get-the-actual-number-of-active-installs-of-your-wordpress-plugin/
    66
    7 You could this yourself using a script or even by hand using an Excel sheet. I don’t really see how it’s a problem if someone turns this into a commercial service, after all, hosting servers isn’t free and plenty of companies have built commercial services around the WordPress ecosystem (incl. Automattic itself)
     7You could do this yourself using a script or even by hand using an Excel sheet. I don’t really see how it’s a problem if someone turns this into a commercial service, after all, hosting servers isn’t free and plenty of companies have built commercial services around the WordPress ecosystem (incl. Automattic itself)
    88
    99I guess only issue I see if these kinds of services put unreasonable pressure on w.org servers. I’m not familiar with the terms of service of the API.