From Fedora Project Wiki
WordPress plugins are packaged for Fedora so that the plugin can be used for both wordpress
and wordpress-mu
without requiring both.
Requirements for packaging
- Use the specfile template
- Set
plugin_name
andplugin_human_name
by appending the first two lines appropriatelyplugin_name
is the short name used in the URL for the plugin's page on wordpress.orgplugin_human_name
is the full name of the plugin as displayed on the plugin's page on wordpress.org
- Fill in the version of the package as it is displayed in the .zip filename
- Fill in a package description in both places where it says "Your plugin's description goes here."
Example
http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/stats/
%global plugin_name stats %global plugin_human_name WordPress.com Stats
Notes
- The spec must be named
wordpress-plugin-%{plugin_name}.spec
as per the naming guidelines - Remember to enter a changelog entry
Specfile template
%global plugin_name %global plugin_human_name Name: wordpress-plugin-%{plugin_name} Version: Release: 1%{?dist} Summary: %{plugin_human_name} plugin for WordPress Group: Applications/Publishing # According to http://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/ all plugins are licensed # under the GPL unless otherwise stated in the plugin source. License: GPLv3+ URL: http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/%{plugin_name}/ Source0: http://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/%{plugin_name}.%{version}.zip BuildRoot: %(mktemp -ud %{_tmppath}/%{name}-%{version}-%{release}-XXXXXX) Requires: wordpress BuildArch: noarch %description Your plugin's description goes here. This package is built for use with WordPress (wordpress), not WordPress MU. Use wordpress-mu-plugin-%{plugin_name} for WordPress MU. %package -n wordpress-mu-plugin-%{plugin_name} Summary: %{plugin_human_name} plugin for WordPress MU Group: Applications/Publishing # According to http://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/ all plugins are licensed # under the GPL unless otherwise stated in the plugin source. License: GPLv3+ Requires: wordpress-mu BuildArch: noarch %description -n wordpress-mu-plugin-%{plugin_name} Your plugin's description goes here. This package is built for use with WordPress MU (wordpress-mu), not regular WordPress. Use wordpress-plugin-%{plugin_name} for regular Wordpress. %prep %setup -q -c echo 'To enable "%{plugin_human_name}", go to the administrative section of your blog, "Plugins", and enable the plugin there.' > README.fedora echo 'To allow users to enable "%{plugin_human_name}" for their blogs, be sure to enable this plugin in the administrative control panel for your website.' > README.fedora.mu %build %install rm -rf %{buildroot} mkdir -p %{buildroot}%{_datadir}/wordpress/wp-content/plugins/ cp -a %{plugin_name} %{buildroot}%{_datadir}/wordpress/wp-content/plugins/ mkdir -p %{buildroot}%{_datadir}/wordpress-mu/wp-content/plugins/ cp -a %{plugin_name} %{buildroot}%{_datadir}/wordpress-mu/wp-content/plugins/ %clean rm -rf %{buildroot} %files %doc README.fedora %{_datadir}/wordpress/wp-content/plugins/%{plugin_name} %files -n wordpress-mu-plugin-%{plugin_name} %doc README.fedora.mu %{_datadir}/wordpress-mu/wp-content/plugins/%{plugin_name} %changelog