The Loneliest WordPress Plugin

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I agree that it's bad form to plaster this all over every admin page, but I do like the idea of asking for ratings and can't blame the dev for trying. Seeing this, I may try something similar with my plugin.

Besides from just having a great plugin, how do others get folks to post high ratings on WP.com?

For the record, when I said "try something similar" I was thinking about a banner/notice across my own plugin's settings page. I think this may be worth some experimentation to see what works.

Jesus, that's just what I need as a long-suffering Wordpress admin, bloody spam from bloody plugins.

The main trick for getting high ratings is to have a) a good plugin, which b) solves a common problem and c) has been around for a while.

Boo bloody hoo if all those niches are occupied. If you pester me for stars I will round up my thousands of readers and get them to downvote the daylights out of you.

I hate Wordpress enough already, why add to my misery?

100% agree apart from the WP hate.

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