* Plugin Author Guidelines in KB

[tatewise]

Also, I'm not sure of when registry keys would want to be altered except for restoration.

See the Delete Recent File List plugin in the Plugin Store. There may be other plugins and other use cases where FH does not have commands to adjust some registry keys.

[ColeValleyGirl]

Also, I'm not sure of when registry keys would want to be altered except for restoration.

See the Delete Recent File List plugin in the Plugin Store. There may be other plugins and other use cases where FH does not have commands to adjust some registry keys.

Good catch.

[Mark1834]

That's why the first draft says must not modify the Registry, apart from the specific Family Historian keys, and then only if essential to the stated plugin function, such as restoring a backup of user settings. - restoring is an illustrative example of what cannot be achieved by other methods, but not an exclusive one.

[Mark1834]

Thanks again for the comments, there were some good points made.

The two main themes seem to be improving the document focus, and fine-tuning of some of the detailed items.

The recommendations and general description overlapped partly with the existing Getting Started Writing Plugins page, so we have removed these from the draft and merged them into the existing page.

Referencing specific plugins was very useful to refine what plugins must and mustn’t do, so that is now included.

Taking these points together, we have therefore deleted the original draft, and replaced it with a new page, Privacy and Security Standards for Published Plugins. That gives it a much sharper focus, as it documents solely the new standards that published plugins (here and in the Plugin Store) will be expected to adhere to, so removing any ambiguity around what’s required and what’s just recommended.