[QGIS-Developer] Plugin authors, email confirmation, Plugins list

[Lova Andriarimalala]

Hi Richard,

Thanks for raising this.

Any plans to do some communication around this? As I think we will remove
> or hide the plugins with unconfirmed mail addresses, I'm afraid people will
> miss some of the plugins.
>

As raised many times in some PRs and changes, feedback was given about
effectively communicating any upcoming changes on the plugin repository.
So, the first step is to confirm that the email address provided by a
plugin author in the metadata.txt is responsive according to the state on
the plugin's upload page (https://plugins.qgis.org/plugins/add/).
If there's any plan to remove or hide plugins with unconfirmed mail
addresses, I think we need to always try to communicate them in some other
way (on the repository of the plugin, for example).

Another thing I want to bring up: having so many plugins now, would it be
> an idea to order the list based on: the number of stars, of number of
> downloads? Then at least plugins which earned some credits will be most
> viewable, instead of handy authors naming there plugins so that they appear
> upfront :-)
>

I think this categorised list already exists, but maybe we could bring them
on the upper level? So we would have "Popular plugins" or "Most downloaded"
plugins instead of "All plugins" on the top bar and accessible from the
"Explore" link.

Best regards,
Lova Andriarimalala


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On Wed, 10 Jun 2026 at 14:45, Richard Duivenvoorde via QGIS-Developer <
qgis-developer at lists.osgeo.org> wrote:

> Personally I received a question from QGIS.org to confirm the email
> address(es) I use for my plugins.
>
> As one of the mail admins, I receive a lot of 'no replies' from others.
> Because the person does not work there anymore or changed mail etc etc.
>
> Any plans to do some communication around this? As I think we will remove
> or hide the plugins with unconfirmed mail addresses, I'm afraid people will
> miss some of the plugins.
> But also I would have missed this mail if not receiving all the 'returned'
> mails... :-)
>
>
> Another thing I want to bring up: having so many plugins now, would it be
> an idea to order the list based on: the number of stars, of number of
> downloads? Then at least plugins which earned some credits will be most
> viewable, instead of handy authors naming there plugins so that they appear
> upfront :-)
>
> Regards,
>
> Richard Duivenvoorde
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