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

[Borys Jurgiel]

W dniu 10.06.2026 o 15:05, Richard Duivenvoorde via QGIS-Developer pisze:
> Thanks for the prompt answer Lova :-)
> 
> Ah, I thought this was maybe part of the 'security'-scan for plugins, 
> from that comes my question.
> 
> And about the ordering, I meant the plugin manager in QGIS, not so much 
> the plugins.qgis.org website. Sorry for the confusion.
> Not sure IF the plugins manager has information to change the order 
> based on the options I mentioned though...

Well, it is implemented long time ago :) You can right-click on the 
plugin list to change the sort order. Also, we could easily (without any 
GUI changes) add a filter expressions to the search bar
(e.g. "wfs votes:200 stars:4")

By the way, I received an email at my regular address saying that that 
confirmation message had been sent to the email address associated with 
my plugins (it's a dedicated one). However, I never received that 
message (yes, I've checked the spam folder, and that address works fine 
in general ;)

Best regards,
B.

> 
> Thanks for all your work!!
> 
> Richard
> 
> On 6/10/26 14:20, Lova Andriarimalala wrote:
>> 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/ <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 <mailto: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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