Card #3143 · Discourse Meta
Difficulty installing and managing plugins without third-party hosting
Merchants are struggling to find ways to install and develop plugins without relying on third-party services like GitHub. There is a lack of clear guidance on how to fork existing plugins for development or manage plugin repositories independently.
Pain score
0.48/ 1.00 · weighted product of four components
Reach0.50distinct authors (log-normalized)
Recency0.90freshness decay, half-life months
Engagement0.84upvotes + comments, normalized
Monetization0.25willingness-to-pay cues in evidence
§ Evidence — 2 verified quotes
That whole tutorial relies on GitHub, and my question is about not relying on third parties.
I don’t see a way to install other’s plugin in development
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