Remote dashboard notifications: allowed?

  • Resolved julien731

    (@julien731)


    10 years, 1 month ago

    Hi guys,

    I have a quick question. Nothing technical, it’s more about what’s allowed and what’s not.

    I am using in a couple of plugins the Remote Dashboard Notification plugin. What this does is basically this:

    1. Install the plugin on your site
    2. Add the “client” class in your plugin and load it
    3. Now you can push admin notifications to users using your plugin

    This plugin was done with the best intentions. The goal is to be able to push important notifications to your users. Let’s imagine you discover a security breach in your plugin. You release an update, but we know not everyone will update. RDN enables you to push a notification saying for instance:

    WARNING, big security risk with version 1.2.7, please update the plugin ASAP

    I know that “phoning home” isn’t allowed on the repository. However, the review team validated Remote Dashboard Notifications knowing exactly what it ‘s for.

    So I guess it’s more of a confirmation that an answer that I’m looking for: can somebody from the review team confirm that using this in my plugins is allowed? I don’t want to take the risk to see my plugins taken down.

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  • It is allowed on one condition: you include an option in your plugin that allows users to opt in to notifications. They cannot be enabled by default. If a user gives you explicit permission to send the notifications, it’s fine, but only once they have given permission.

    Thread Starter julien731

    (@julien731)

    Thanks for clarifying. I’ll have to add an option for that.

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