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

Wed Jun 10 09:19:52 PDT 2026

Dear B.

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 ;)
>

>From the logs, the email bounced because our email provider (Resend) was
blocked. See details below.

```

smtp; 550-Message rejected: your email provider server
(<some_ip_address>) is listed on a
550-blacklist (automatic-spamtrap-based-rbl.aftermarket.pl). Please contact
550-your email provider.

```
Please let me know if it's possible to unblock it from your end and I would
be happy to resend the email.

Best regards,

Lova Andriarimalala

*QGIS Full Stack Developer   *
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On Wed, 10 Jun 2026 at 18:12, Borys Jurgiel via QGIS-Developer <
qgis-developer at lists.osgeo.org> wrote:

>
>
> 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
> >> *QGIS Full Stack Developer
> >>
> >> *
> >> *T *: +27(0) 87 809 2702 *E *:**lova at kartoza.com
> >> <mailto:lova at kartoza.com> *W* : kartoza.com <http://kartoza.com>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> /This email and any attachments are confidential and intended solely
> >> for the use of the individual or entity to whom they are addressed. If
> >> you /
> >> /have received this email in error, please notify the sender
> >> immediately and delete it from your system. Unauthorised use,
> >> disclosure, or copying/
> >> /of the contents is prohibited./
> >>
> >>
> >> 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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