Best Practices for Publishing Plugins
Now that your plugins have met the minimum requirements, let’s go over some ways to increase their exposure on the registry.
Use SKPM to publish releases
SKPM simplifies the process of building, packaging, and publishing your plugin. It also automates the tasks of bumping your plugin version and creating github releases. Combined with Sketchpacks, you can quickly build and distribute updates for your users!
Publishing a release is as simple as:
skpm publish <new-version>
For more information, see our section on publishing plugin updates
Have a detailed readme tutorial
We high recommend taking the time to create a concise, yet informative readme for your users. Sketchpacks syncs your readme and renders it on your plugins page. Having a brief tutorial on your readme can greatly help users understand your plugins features.
Quick, informational gifs are very useful for showing off what your plugin can do and catching the eyes of window shoppers. It also gives you a place to link users to more detailed documentation and tutorials for your plugin.
Have a detailed manifest for your plugin
The more metadata you can add to your manifest, the better Sketchpacks will be able to categorize and display it.
Have a detailed package for your plugin
Not only is the package.json a great place for versioning your plugin, it also
another great source of metadata. Sketchpacks will sync with your repositories
package.json and use it for any required information that may be missing from your
plugins manifest.json.
Next Steps
- Choose a plugin identifier
- Provide plugin updates
- Automate your appcast feed
- Include change logs in your releases
- Add status badges to your readme
- Monitor your plugins activity