WordPress Add-On Code Quality Needs to Improve ASAP and You Can Help
The baseline is low. Way too low. We need to change the way we share our knowledge with the new generations of WordPress developers.
WordPress attracts developers by allowing anyone to participate in the ecosystem by creating plugins and themes. There aren’t any systems in place that would assure that the quality of the add-on software meets any guidelines. This is both great, as it allows people with little experience in programming to create new solutions, but it’s also a curse for the community at the same time, as it allows lowest quality code to enter the system.
Don’t get me wrong, I love WordPress and I’ve been participating and working with WordPress-related software for the last 10 years or so now. I’ve seen it grow from a basic blogging platform to the fully-fledged, multi purpose CMS it currently is. I remember the times when it didn’t have custom post types yet, only posts and pages. And I’m currently working as a tech support agent for an exclusively WordPress-based company.
My job gives me a great opportunity to see the WordPress world from a perspective that many developers don’t usually have a chance to experience. As I spend 40 hours each week helping users diagnose and fix…
