QUESTIONS¶

What's the name of the plugin/theme?

• the plugin is based on Leaflet, an open source map alternative (http://leafletjs.com/) to Google Maps
• i think the appropriate plugin for WordPress is Leaflet Maps Marker (http://www.mapsmarker.com/); however, there might be better/more appropriate ones that i don't understand from this list because i am a bit limited in technical skillset. Leaflet's list here: http://leafletjs.com/plugins.html

In a few words, what does it do?

• Leaflet Maps Marker WordPress plugin provides a massive amount of mapping features (highly customizable markers, layers, real-time updating, etc.) listed here: http://www.mapsmarker.com/docs/features/

How is the plugin/theme different from what's already provided on the Commons?

• it offers more comprehensive / multiple map source options, not just Google Maps (i.e., OpenStreetMap, Bing, etc.)

What's the potential impact? Who will use it?

• maps add a great graphical and content effort, would make information interactive
• geotagging information for projects would be much easier than Google's interface

Who initially made the request?

• Erika Herzog, new Community Facilitator

Who is the plugin author?

• Robert Harm (http://www.harm.co.at/en contact: http://www.harm.co.at/en/kontakt/)

Say a little bit about the release history and popularity of the plugin. How many times has it been downloaded? When was it last updated?

• from: http://wordpress.org/plugins/leaflet-maps-marker/
  • Requires: 3.0 or higher
  • Compatible up to: 3.6-beta2
  • Last Updated: 2013-5-14
  • Downloads: 89,198

h1.QUESTIONS FOR THE REVIEWING DEVELOPER

Maintenance:
Given the data above, how likely is it that the plugin is going to be abandoned by the developer?

• Looks stable and supported

Security:
Scan for XSS and DB vulnerabilities

Redundancy:
If this plugin/theme does something that plugins/themes on the site already do, is there enough reason to put it on anyway? Maybe we should migrate users from the older plugin/theme to the new one? How hard would that be?

Themes:
What are the results of the Theme Check? Many of the 'required' warnings I don't care much about - they are wordpress.org nitpicks. But consistent calls to deprecated functions, for instance, could indicate something about the quality of the theme.