Title: I Make Plugins
Author: Mark Jaquith
Published: <strong>16 Yennayer 2010</strong>
Last modified: 11 Tuber 2014

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This plugin **hasn’t been tested with the latest 3 major releases of WordPress**.
It may no longer be maintained or supported and may have compatibility issues when
used with more recent versions of WordPress.

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# I Make Plugins

 By [Mark Jaquith](https://profiles.wordpress.org/markjaquith/)

[Download](https://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/i-make-plugins.1.2.3.zip)

 * [Details](https://kab.wordpress.org/plugins/i-make-plugins/#description)
 * [Reviews](https://kab.wordpress.org/plugins/i-make-plugins/#reviews)
 *  [Installation](https://kab.wordpress.org/plugins/i-make-plugins/#installation)
 * [Development](https://kab.wordpress.org/plugins/i-make-plugins/#developers)

 [Support](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/i-make-plugins/)

## Description

This plugin is for WordPress plugin **authors**, not **users**. It showcases your
plugins on your WordPress blog, using the WordPress.org plugin repository as a source.
It generates both a directory listing page, and the content of each plugin’s page.
All you have to provide is the title; the rest comes from the repository. You get
to control the markup of each type of page using intuitive WordPress shortcodes.

## Installation

 1. You’re a plugin author. I really hope you know how to install plugins.

## FAQ

  Why isn’t my plugin pulling information from the repository?

The default is that its page « slug » must match the « slug » of the plugin in the
repository. But if you want the slug to be something else, you can edit the placeholder
page for that plugin and enter in a custom plugin slug in the « Plugin slug » meta
box.

  I’ve updated my plugin’s `readme.txt` file. Why aren’t the changes showing?

Be patient. The API responses are updated once an hour.

  How do I show something if a particular plugin field is *not* available?

Use: `[if_not_{shortcode}] ... [/if_not_{shortcode}]`

## Reviews

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s=60&d=retro&r=g)

### 󠀁[abandoned](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/abandoned-28/)󠁿

 [Chris Dillon](https://profiles.wordpress.org/cdillon27/) 3 Ctember 2016 1 reply

Unfortunately, not the first plugin by a WordPress lead developer to be abandoned.
I guess Twitter is more important.

 [ Read all 6 reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/i-make-plugins/reviews/)

## Contributors & Developers

“I Make Plugins” is open source software. The following people have contributed 
to this plugin.

Contributors

 *   [ Mark Jaquith ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/markjaquith/)
 *   [ Matt Martz ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/sivel/)

[Translate “I Make Plugins” into your language.](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/i-make-plugins)

### Interested in development?

[Browse the code](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/i-make-plugins/), check
out the [SVN repository](https://plugins.svn.wordpress.org/i-make-plugins/), or 
subscribe to the [development log](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/i-make-plugins/)
by [RSS](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/i-make-plugins/?limit=100&mode=stop_on_copy&format=rss).

## Changelog

#### 1.2.3

 * Bumping compatibility.

#### 1.2.2

 * Fixed a self-removing hook which could lead to some breakage.

#### 1.2.1

 * Fix a bunch of PHP Notices
 * Blank out the description for non-repo pages, instead of showing « No description»
   text.
 * Kill double serialization in postmeta storage to work around some odd serialization
   errors in some plugins.

#### 1.2

 * Reorganized plugin code
 * Fix unserialization bug (props: sivel)
 * Add `[implist_zip_url]`, `[imp_screenshots]`, and `[imp_other_notes]` (props:
   sivel)
 * Add `[implist_template]` for manual placement of the plugins list (can now wrap
   content around it)
 * Add `[if_not_{shortcode}]` tests for negation (props: sivel for the idea)
 * Add hooks, so people who store plugins in a CPT don’t have to modify the plugin
 * Add `[implist_banner-772x250]` and `[imp_banner-772x250]` for banner URL output.
 * Update plugin info in the background, with wp-cron

#### 1.1

 * Added `[implist_version]`, `[imp_min_version]`, `[imp_tested_version]`, `[imp_slug]`,`[
   imp_downloads]` shortcodes
 * Added optional advanced loop structure for FAQ, using `[imp_faq]`, `[imp_faq_question]`,`[
   imp_faq_answer]`, `[/imp_faq]`
 * Added optional advanced loop structure for changelog, using `[imp_changelog]`,`[
   imp_changelog_version]`, `[imp_changelog_changes]`, `[imp_changelog_change]`,`[/
   imp_changelog_changes]`, `[/imp_changelog]`
 * Allowed any tag to have a conditional wrapper counterpart by adding `if_` to 
   the front of its shortcode, e.g. `[if_imp_changelog]`
 * Better inline documentation
 * Moved donation suggestion box to the bottom of the options form

#### 1.0

 * Initial release

## Meta

 *  Version **1.2.3**
 *  Last updated **12 n iseggasen ago**
 *  Active installations **10+**
 *  WordPress version ** 3.3 or higher **
 *  Tested up to **3.4.2**
 *  Language
 * [English (US)](https://wordpress.org/plugins/i-make-plugins/)
 * Tags
 * [directory](https://kab.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/directory/)[list](https://kab.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/list/)
   [plugin directory](https://kab.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/plugin-directory/)
 *  [Advanced View](https://kab.wordpress.org/plugins/i-make-plugins/advanced/)

## Ratings

 3.8 out of 5 stars.

 *  [  4 5-star reviews     ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/i-make-plugins/reviews/?filter=5)
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 *  [  1 2-star review     ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/i-make-plugins/reviews/?filter=2)
 *  [  1 1-star review     ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/i-make-plugins/reviews/?filter=1)

[Your review](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/i-make-plugins/reviews/#new-post)

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## Contributors

 *   [ Mark Jaquith ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/markjaquith/)
 *   [ Matt Martz ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/sivel/)

## Support

Got something to say? Need help?

 [View support forum](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/i-make-plugins/)

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