Add promonent link to GitHub on Plugin page (wordpress.org)

[maltfield]

This ticket is a request to update the plugin page with a prominent link back to this github repo

• https://wordpress.org/plugins/activitypub/ ->
• https://github.com/Automattic/wordpress-activitypub/

Problem

I find it very difficult to find this GitHub repo

When I do a ctrl+f for the word "github" or "git" or "vcs" or "bug" or "feature" on the wordpress.org page for this plugin, I get 0 results for all of these.

When I click on the "Development" tab, there is a bunch of prominent links to the svn mirror, and there is only one link to this GitHub very bottom of the page.

Solution

I think we should make at least three changes to the plugin page:

1. Add a new question to the FAQ: "How do I submit a bug or feature request?" with an answer that includes a link to this github repo
2. Somewhere on the page, outside of the FAQ, the keyword word "git" should be used, with a link to this repo (eg "Development activity is done on our GitHub repo github.com/Automattic/wordpress-activitypub/")
3. If possible, the primary links under the "Development" tab should point to GitHub, not svn. If not possible, then a very prominent warning notebox should be added as high-as-possible in the page telling the user that svn is a mirror and the main development activity happens on GitHub, with a link to this repo

[pfefferle]

There is a prominent "Contribute to the plugin" link at the top right of the page, that links to GitHub!

[maltfield]

@pfefferle can you update that link to literally include the keyword "git" or "repo" or "vcs" or "forge"? It doesn't come-up for common keywords that folks will ctrl+f. For example:

Contribute to this plugin on our GitHub repo

would be better than

Contribute to this plugin

Also, of course, an image/font icon of github would make it much easier to visually see too

• https://fontawesome.com/icons/github

This would solve [2] above, but I do think we should also implement [1] and [3] as well.

[pfefferle]

The problem is, that I can't change the wording on WordPress.org. I can simply setup the link.

I can add a link to the top of the changelog, like I do here: https://wordpress.org/plugins/webmention/#developers

[maltfield]

Are you opposed to adding it to multiple places (ie in addition to the link at the top, also adding it to the body where you can change the wording)?

IMHO, good documentation has important information stated many times in multiple places in many ways.

[obenland]

The "Contribute to this plugin" link at the top of the right sidebar is probably as easy to find as it gets. Beyond that I could recommend adding the repository to your browser's bookmarks.