I have several WordPress plugins. They’re hosted on the WordPress.org plugin repository, but I also have a page for each plugin on my own site. I’ve found it tedious to have to update both places separately. Things get out of sync, or worse, I put off plugin updates because I loathe updating two places (with two different formats) with the same information.
The WordPress plugin repository has an API. Let’s use it! I Make Plugins is a plugin for WordPress plugin authors to let them easily showcase their plugins on their own site, solely by updating the plugin’s readme.txt file.
Adding a plugin is as simple as creating a new subpage of your plugin listing page, and giving it the name of your plugin in the repository. All the information comes from the API and is kept up to date.
Here is a nine and a half minute. boring-as-hell screencast with a full tour of the plugin.
I realize that writing a plugin for plugin developers is probably a futile gesture. Plugin developers are choosy people, and many may already have their own setup for managing their stable of plugins. I wrote this for myself — but let me know if you find it useful!
