I want to start giving back to the community, but writing a plugin from scratch is currently slightly beyond my skill level and creativity level (meaning, I don’t know what kind of problem I can solve with a plugin! every time I think of something, I find a plugin or 6 that have already been written!). However, I have recently identified a very simple plugin that looks to be abandoned since WP 2.8, and I think I can modify it to be 3.1 compatible. I’ve asked, and it seems that the best way to update this plugin may be to simply fork it.
So now my question: how do I do that? I’m new to SVN, so I’m totally uncertain as to where to go, how to start, etc etc. Can anyone guide me? 🙂
there are several guides in the Codex that can help,
- Set up your plugin for submission
- Submit your plugin
- Keep it up to date
I also think it’s a great idea to “fix” older useful plugins 🙂
Steps:
http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/about/
Submit:
http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/add/
How to Use Subversion:
http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/about/svn/
Promotion and additional info:
http://codex.wordpress.org/Plugin_Submission_and_Promotion
Using subversion depends on your OS, for windows I recommend tortoise SVN http://tortoisesvn.tigris.org/
For Mac check out “Versions”, http://versionsapp.com/ or you can use the command line.
Also a lot of IDE’s now have subversion support built right in.
