Comments on: Top 10 Plugin Developers Of 2009 http://w-shadow.com/blog/2009/12/28/top-10-plugin-developers-of-2009/ A blog about web development, software business, and WordPress Tue, 22 May 2012 04:00:20 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: WordPress Picks for the Week [01/03] | Techtites http://w-shadow.com/blog/2009/12/28/top-10-plugin-developers-of-2009/comment-page-1/#comment-33441 WordPress Picks for the Week [01/03] | Techtites Wed, 27 Jan 2010 10:55:22 +0000 http://w-shadow.com/?p=1558#comment-33441 [...] Top 10 Plugin Developers Of 2009 [...] [...] Top 10 Plugin Developers Of 2009 [...]

]]> By: Woody http://w-shadow.com/blog/2009/12/28/top-10-plugin-developers-of-2009/comment-page-1/#comment-33330 Woody Tue, 12 Jan 2010 15:31:33 +0000 http://w-shadow.com/?p=1558#comment-33330 congrats on 24th - by no means a small feat :D congrats on 24th – by no means a small feat :D

]]> By: Lester Chan http://w-shadow.com/blog/2009/12/28/top-10-plugin-developers-of-2009/comment-page-1/#comment-33198 Lester Chan Wed, 30 Dec 2009 19:20:54 +0000 http://w-shadow.com/?p=1558#comment-33198 Thanks for the mention =) Thanks for the mention =)

]]> By: White Shadow http://w-shadow.com/blog/2009/12/28/top-10-plugin-developers-of-2009/comment-page-1/#comment-33175 White Shadow Tue, 29 Dec 2009 11:47:09 +0000 http://w-shadow.com/?p=1558#comment-33175 I used the (mostly undocumented) plugin directory API to obtain information about all plugins hosted on wordpress.org. Then I did some pre-processing and dumped the plugin info into a MySQL database. Finally, I ran a bunch of aggregate queries to construct the Top 10 list. I can send you the source code if you're interested. The number of downloads is a combination of all their plugins. So, while my DB currently shows only 90 964 downloads for WP Contact Form (it's lower than the wp.org figure because my script caches the results for 24 hours), it does add up to 106 387 when you also consider <a href="http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/profile/westi" rel="nofollow">the other seven plugins</a>. I used the (mostly undocumented) plugin directory API to obtain information about all plugins hosted on wordpress.org. Then I did some pre-processing and dumped the plugin info into a MySQL database. Finally, I ran a bunch of aggregate queries to construct the Top 10 list. I can send you the source code if you’re interested.

The number of downloads is a combination of all their plugins. So, while my DB currently shows only 90 964 downloads for WP Contact Form (it’s lower than the wp.org figure because my script caches the results for 24 hours), it does add up to 106 387 when you also consider the other seven plugins.

]]> By: Peter Westwood http://w-shadow.com/blog/2009/12/28/top-10-plugin-developers-of-2009/comment-page-1/#comment-33172 Peter Westwood Tue, 29 Dec 2009 08:51:49 +0000 http://w-shadow.com/?p=1558#comment-33172 What method do you use to build this list? Are we looking at the top 1000 downloaded plugins and there authors or is it a combination of all their plugins? I am curious as the downloads of one of my plugins is in the 7000 region and you numbers for downloads don't match the current numbers for other plugins too - for example you have 106 387 for http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/wp-contact-form/stats/ which only has 91000 at the moment. What method do you use to build this list?

Are we looking at the top 1000 downloaded plugins and there authors or is it a combination of all their plugins?

I am curious as the downloads of one of my plugins is in the 7000 region and you numbers for downloads don’t match the current numbers for other plugins too – for example you have 106 387 for http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/wp-contact-form/stats/ which only has 91000 at the moment.

]]> By: White Shadow http://w-shadow.com/blog/2009/12/28/top-10-plugin-developers-of-2009/comment-page-1/#comment-33166 White Shadow Mon, 28 Dec 2009 21:21:28 +0000 http://w-shadow.com/?p=1558#comment-33166 @ Artem : It really is impressive. Last year, only one author on the Top 10 list was anywhere near 1 000 000 downloads. This year, <em>all but one</em> have more than a million downloads. @ Oliver : Not bad indeed. @ Artem : It really is impressive. Last year, only one author on the Top 10 list was anywhere near 1 000 000 downloads. This year, all but one have more than a million downloads.

@ Oliver : Not bad indeed.

]]> By: Oliver Schlöbe http://w-shadow.com/blog/2009/12/28/top-10-plugin-developers-of-2009/comment-page-1/#comment-33165 Oliver Schlöbe Mon, 28 Dec 2009 21:10:14 +0000 http://w-shadow.com/?p=1558#comment-33165 Yay, I'm on #60. Not too bad on a list of 1000. :) Yay, I’m on #60. Not too bad on a list of 1000. :)

]]> By: Artem Russakovskii http://w-shadow.com/blog/2009/12/28/top-10-plugin-developers-of-2009/comment-page-1/#comment-33164 Artem Russakovskii Mon, 28 Dec 2009 21:04:24 +0000 http://w-shadow.com/?p=1558#comment-33164 It's stunning to note how, compared to the 2008 list you posted (http://w-shadow.com/blog/2008/12/28/top-10-wordpress-plugin-developers/), the numbers of downloads essentially quadrupled on average. Stunning growth of WP, and rightfully so! It’s stunning to note how, compared to the 2008 list you posted (http://w-shadow.com/blog/2008/12/28/top-10-wordpress-plugin-developers/), the numbers of downloads essentially quadrupled on average.

Stunning growth of WP, and rightfully so!

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