Add a tab on the plugin installer for features as plugins

[nacin]

If you're running a development build of WordPress, let's give you a 'Beta Testing' tab on plugin-install.php.

As a shortcut (and because it's easier to implement this way and does no harm), it'll actually respond to plugin-install.php?tab=beta on any site, though of course that may change with plugin install screen changes in 4.0.

As of right now, the plugins are json-rest-api, wp-front-end-editor, and press-this. These are hard-coded on api.wordpress.org for the moment, but trivial to change/update.

I could also see us adding a "Development" tab that lists plugins like Debug Bar and Log Deprecated Notices. (Again, only if not on a stable build.)

Note that "development" here includes develop.svn/git.wordpress.org, even if running a stable version of this. This is by design.

Also note that the WordPress Beta Tester plugin is omitted, since you already need to be on a beta track to get here, and may just confuse people.

[nacin]

In 28749:

Add a new 'Beta Testing' tab on the plugin installer, for features as plugins such as Press This.

fixes #28513.

[Offereins]

Curious, why was the tab not introduced as part of the WordPress Beta Tester plugin, as the tab is only used in that context?

[helen]

Replying to Offereins:

Curious, why was the tab not introduced as part of the WordPress Beta Tester plugin, as the tab is only used in that context?

That is not the only way to be running a development version of WordPress - you can download a nightly manually or run trunk from the SVN or Git sources.