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# wordpress.org Review Notes — gVectors News Module |
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Draft email to plugins@wordpress.org describing the architecture BEFORE the SVN push |
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that first ships this module inside wpForo. Send from the plugin owner's account. |
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**Subject:** wpForo — heads-up on new opt-in update/news notification service before our next release |
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Hi plugins team, |
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Before pushing the next wpForo release we'd like to describe a new optional feature so |
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your review has full context (Guidelines 7 and 11 in particular). |
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**What it does** |
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wpForo (and later other gVectors plugins) will include a small shared library that can |
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show addon-related news as dismissible admin notices and send two kinds of email to |
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site administrators via the site's own wp_mail: a news digest, and reminders before a |
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purchased addon license expires without renewal. |
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**Consent (Guideline 7)** |
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- The service is OFF by default. Zero outbound requests are made until an administrator |
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with `activate_plugins` explicitly clicks Enable on a one-time notice (or on the |
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settings page). The notice states exactly what is sent and links to our privacy policy. |
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- Admins can opt out again at any time from the settings page (wpForo → News & Emails); |
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disabling stops the daily cron and all requests immediately. |
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**Data sent (only after opt-in, once per day)** |
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- Site address and an anonymous site identifier (an HMAC-SHA256 hash derived from the |
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site domain and the site's own WordPress salts) |
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- Slugs and installed versions of gVectors addons on the site |
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- No personal data, no email addresses, no post/user content — ever. |
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- Endpoints: `https://store.gvectors.com/news` and `https://store.gvectors.com/at-risk-licenses`. |
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- Full disclosure is included in readme.txt under "Use of 3rd Party Services". |
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**Notices (Guideline 11)** |
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- Dismissible, per-user dismissal, hard cap of 3 at once, and rendered only on |
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Dashboard Home, Updates, Plugins pages and the plugin's own admin pages. |
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**Emails** |
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- Sent by the site itself (wp_mail), only to administrators, each with an |
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unsubscribe/preferences link pointing to a settings page where every admin can opt |
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out individually or by category. Site-wide switches exist too. Delivery state is |
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tracked so nothing is ever sent twice. |
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**Uninstall** |
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- All options, transients and user meta created by the module are removed on uninstall. |
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Happy to answer any questions or adjust anything you flag. |
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Thanks, |
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gVectors Team |
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## Pre-release checklist (module side) |
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- [ ] `GVECTORS_PROXY_URL` default in `modules/news/bootstrap.php` + `modules/license/bootstrap.php` |
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switched from `https://gv.loc` to `https://store.gvectors.com` |
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- [ ] Proxy production `.env`: strong `ADMIN_PASS_HASH`, real `SPENDING_WEBHOOK_SECRET`, |
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`ALLOW_DEV_DOMAINS=0`, `TRUST_PROXY` matching topology |
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- [ ] readme.txt "Use of 3rd Party Services" section up to date (done) |
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- [ ] This email sent and acknowledged before the SVN push |
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