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--- devel:plugin_info [2010-05-17 20:20] – created andi
+++ devel:plugin_info [2023-10-10 10:24] (current) – andi
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 name   Example Plugin to do Stuff
 desc   This is just an Example of how a plugin description looks like
-url    http://www.dokuwiki.org/plugin:example
+url    https://www.dokuwiki.org/plugin:example
 </code>
 ^ Parameter ^ Description ^
-| base      | The technical name of the plugin. Has to reflect the directory in which your plugin needs to be installed. |
+| base      | The technical name of the plugin. **[[plugin:extension|Extension Manager]] will install it into this directory.**|
 | author    | The full name of the Plugin author |
 | email     | E-Mail to contact the plugin author about this plugin |
-| date      | The date of the last update of this plugin in YYY-MM-DD form. Don't forget to update this when you update your plugin! |
+| date      | The date of the last update of this plugin in YYYY-MM-DD form. Don't forget to update this when you update your plugin! ((**This date should be equal to the "Last updated on" date on the plugins page in the repository.** This is needed for the automated update flagging used by the Extension Manager introduced in release Ponder Stibbons))|
 | name      | The human readable name of the plugin |
 | desc      | A description of what the plugin does |
 | url       | URL to where more info about the plugin is available |
+| minphp    | Minimum PHP version required by this plugin. Empty for same as DokuWiki. Only ''Major.Minor'' version, eg. ''8.2'', not ''8.2.3'' may be provided! |
+| maxphp    | Maximum PHP version supported by this plugin. Empty for same as DokuWiki. Only ''Major.Minor'' version, eg. ''8.2'', not ''8.2.3'' may be provided! |
-Note: the ''plugin.info.txt'' replaces the old [[xref>getInfo()]] call in your plugin components. getInfo() is now implemented in the base class and will read all info from this file. It no longer needs to be implemented in your sub classes.
+Note: the ''plugin.info.txt'' replaces the old [[xref>getInfo()]] call in your plugin components for DokuWiki 2009-12-25 "Lemming" and later. getInfo() is now implemented in the base class and will read all info from this file. It no longer needs to be implemented in your sub classes.