The DokuWiki plugins are now managed through its own plugin here at www.dokuwiki.org.
New plugins now need to have a descriptional page in the plugin namespace here in the Wiki containing a block like this at the start:
---- plugin ---- description: Just an example to prove the point author : Joe Blow email : joe@example.com type : syntax, action lastupdate : 2007-12-17 compatible : devel > 2007-10-06 depends : conflicts : sample similar : tags : example, sample downloadurl: http://github.com/example/dokuwiki-plugin-sample/zipball/master bugtracker : http://github.com/example/dokuwiki-plugin-sample/issues sourcerepo : http://github.com/example/dokuwiki-plugin-sample/ donationurl: https://www.paypal.com/... ----
The info is stored in a database and used to build a dynamic repository browser (at plugins).
About the fields:
description – should be a short description of what the plugin doesauthor – the plugin's main authoremail – email address of the plugin's main authortype – One or more of the plugin types (syntax, action, admin, helper, render)lastupdate – The date when the newest version of the plugin was provided in YYYY-MM-DD formatcompatible – give the DokuWiki version(s) your plugin is compatible todepends – comma separated list of plugin dependencies if anyconflicts – comma separated list of plugins which conflict your pluginsimilar – comma separated list of plugins with a similar tasktags – categorize your plugin heresecurityissue – only add this field when there is a security problem with the plugin. enter a short description here and inform the author.downloadurl – this should be the direct URL to the download compatible with the most current releasebugtracker – a link to the bug tracker for this plugin, leave empty if none availabledonationurl – a link to paypal, an Amazon wishlist or similar thing where people can donate to you, leave empty if none availableA plugin similar to this one but with more flexibility is now available. It's called the data plugin.