Where's the plugin ID for newly submitted plugins?

I submitted a new plugin on the new site and could not find the numeric plugin ID anywhere during the submission process or after approval.

That ID is needed for the pluginId field in an encapsulated plugin's manifest, so there really needs to be a clear and reliable place for plugin authors to find it.

As mentioned in the other thread, it may be possible to determine the ID from some older plugin URLs, but authors should not have to dissect a URL to find required plugin information.

Could the plugin ID be displayed directly on the plugin page or in the author's plugin-management area?

Hi

It isn’t currently shown, although you could deduce it from the download link

https://www.zen-cart.com/plugins/super-data-markup-vb1984/releases/7771/download

One other thing to note.

When a plugin is uploaded, we do some processing on the plugin first. For all plugins, this includes some linting checks and a basic security scan.

If it's an encapsulated plugin, and the first time it is uploaded we automatically edit the manifest file to add the plugin ID

Since the new Zen Cart site, it is not in the download link anymore. But as you said, it was added to the manifest file. I found it after downloading my own plugin.
Thanks.

Perhaps it could be added somewhere on the plugin page, even just in an alt attribute of an image/button?

pilou2:

Since the new Zen Cart site, it is not in the download link anymore. But as you said, it was added to the manifest file. I found it after downloading my own plugin.
Thanks.

Perhaps it could be added somewhere on the plugin page, even just in an alt attribute of an image/button?

No, problem, will look to add it somewhere on the page as we do for posts.

wilt:
One other thing to note.

When a plugin is uploaded, we do some processing on the plugin first. For all plugins, this includes some linting checks and a basic security scan.

If it's an encapsulated plugin, and the first time it is uploaded we automatically edit the manifest file to add the plugin ID

This would help if it were more openly known, especially the editing of the manifest file. It makes the submission process much less of a concern.

dbltoe:

wilt:
One other thing to note.

When a plugin is uploaded, we do some processing on the plugin first. For all plugins, this includes some linting checks and a basic security scan.

If it's an encapsulated plugin, and the first time it is uploaded we automatically edit the manifest file to add the plugin ID

This would help if it were more openly known, especially the editing of the manifest file. It makes the submission process much less of a concern.

noted

This is live now.

Every plugin page shows its numeric ID next to the title and in a "Plugin ID"

box with a copy button, and each release shows its own release ID the same way.

For encapsulated plugins there's a note that the ID is written into

manifest.php (pluginId) automatically on first publish — and that same note

now appears under the "Encapsulated Plugin?" question when you submit a plugin

or add a release.

The approval emails also include the IDs: the plugin-approved email has the

plugin ID, and the release-approved email has both the plugin ID and the

release ID.

Thanks @marcopolo, @pilou2 and @dbltoe.

wilt:

This is live now.

Every plugin page shows its numeric ID next to the title and in a "Plugin ID"

box with a copy button, and each release shows its own release ID the same way.

For encapsulated plugins there's a note that the ID is written into

manifest.php (pluginId) automatically on first publish — and that same note

now appears under the "Encapsulated Plugin?" question when you submit a plugin

or add a release.

The approval emails also include the IDs: the plugin-approved email has the

plugin ID, and the release-approved email has both the plugin ID and the

release ID.

Thanks @marcopolo, @pilou2 and @dbltoe.

The plugin IDs shown next to the title or at bottom of the page are different than those in the page link or manifest... Please check.