I wanted to raise the question again - how can we add reliable plugin usage stats for the devs, so that they can know where to invest more effort?
Recently I saw that noname has added statistics support in his plugins (downloading a 1x1 gif), but the stats are only available to him.
The idea looks good and reliable, and we can add it to all plugins - question is - where should the logging go to so that the stats are open to everyone (top plugins)?
Can we add such a feature on the wdlxtv.com (or svn.wdlxtv.com) server and build weekly/monthly stats automatically based on hits?
noname's solution:
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// Stats
file_get_contents("http://sstatic1.histats.com/0.gif?1819092&101");
How about a simple cgi script which gets passed the plugin id and coupled with the query's ip makes a hash and increments a counter in the database?
I can start to build something if it can be hosted in the public part of the site/wiki.
Maybe we should couple this with the CENSUS option to give users an opt-out option...
Edit: Added poll for the CENSUS option.
Edit: Removed poll results. 70% want stats with no regard to privacy, 30% want privacy first. There were 10 voters.
Edit: Added new poll - should we use the CENSUS option and ask the users to opt-in, or should we use a new UMSP_CENSUS option and allow users to opt-out?