{"id":4264,"date":"2017-10-22T14:52:45","date_gmt":"2017-10-22T12:52:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/florianbrinkmann.com\/en\/?p=4264"},"modified":"2020-02-09T10:59:43","modified_gmt":"2020-02-09T09:59:43","slug":"wordpress-weekly-recap-research-before-selling-your-plugin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/florianbrinkmann.com\/en\/wordpress-weekly-recap-research-before-selling-your-plugin-4264\/","title":{"rendered":"WordPress weekly recap #42: research before selling your plugin and more"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The third beta version of WordPress 4.9 was published this week, and Mika Epstein published a post about things to keep in mind as a plugin dev before selling your plugin.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Core<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Misc<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>\u00bb<a href=\"https:\/\/make.wordpress.org\/core\/2017\/10\/15\/improvements-for-roles-and-capabilities-in-4-9\/\">Improvements for roles and capabilities in 4.9<\/a>\u00ab.<\/li><li>\u00bb<a href=\"https:\/\/make.wordpress.org\/core\/2017\/10\/18\/multisite-focused-changes-in-4-9\/\">Multisite Focused Changes in 4.9<\/a>\u00ab.<\/li><li>\u00bb<a href=\"https:\/\/make.wordpress.org\/core\/2017\/10\/19\/dev-chat-summary-october-18th-4-9-week-12\/\">Dev Chat Summary: October 18th (4.9 week 12)<\/a>\u00ab.<\/li><li>\u00bb<a href=\"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/news\/2017\/10\/wordpress-4-9-beta-3\/\">WordPress 4.9 Beta 3<\/a>\u00ab.<\/li><li>\u00bb<a href=\"https:\/\/make.wordpress.org\/core\/2017\/10\/20\/php-meeting-recap-october-16th\/\">PHP Meeting Recap \u2013 October 16th<\/a>\u00ab. The team continued to discuss the \u00bbBefore upgrading PHP\u00ab section.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Polyglots<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Misc<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>\u00bb<a href=\"https:\/\/make.wordpress.org\/polyglots\/2017\/10\/18\/notes-from-the-polyglots-chat-on-october-18\/\">Notes from the Polyglots chat on October 18<\/a>\u00ab. Among other things, the polyglots team is starting the program with Cross-locale Project Translation Editors.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Plugins<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Research before you sell out<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Mika Epstein published a post \u00bb<a href=\"https:\/\/make.wordpress.org\/plugins\/2017\/10\/17\/reminder-research-before-you-sell-out\/\">Reminder: Research Before You Sell Out<\/a>\u00ab on Make\/Plugins. In the post, she writes that plugin authors should think and be cautious before selling a plugin, and that \u00bbThe primary reason people want to buy \u203apopular\u2039 plugins is to use it to spam.\u00ab<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>She lists signs one should watch out for, for example, that the offer includes prices based on user counts. 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