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@frantorres frantorres commented Mar 23, 2026

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The internal reviewer tools are ready to integrate better with WordPress.org to make reviews faster and make further automations in the near future.

Added 3 new endpoints:

  • POST plugins/v1/plugin-review/{plugin_id}-{token}/assign new → pending, also sets the reviewer
  • POST plugins/v1/plugin-review/{plugin_id}-{token}/slug renames a plugin awaiting review
  • POST plugins/v1/plugin-review/{plugin_id}-{token}/approve → approved

Authentication: As this will be executed from our tools and an application password has quite broad permissions I came up to use:

  • the per-plugin private token that we already used to read information from the plugins privately, and
  • to add a bit more of security, an Authorization: Bearer shared secret, PLUGIN_REVIEW_ENDPOINT_SECRET.

The reviewer is passed as user_id and the actions are verified by the authentication system and limited to the ones in the endpoints.

Other changes:

  • Status_Transitions is only hooked in wp-admin, so I rewired that to work in this endpoints as well.
  • Fixed a PHP warning in class-plugin.php

Summary by CodeRabbit

  • New Features
    • Added an endpoint for assigning an eligible reviewer while transitioning a plugin from “new” to “pending.”
    • Added secure request validation, reviewer eligibility checks, and clear error responses.
    • Improved status-transition handling across administrative and API workflows.
  • Bug Fixes
    • Prevented plugin translation projects from being incorrectly marked inactive when a plugin is self-closed.
    • Improved handling when a plugin has no reviews to display.
  • Documentation
    • Updated endpoint documentation to reflect required reviewer information, authentication, and response behavior.

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Pull request overview

This PR adds an internal REST API endpoint to streamline the reviewer workflow by allowing a reviewer to assign themselves to a newly submitted plugin and move it into the pending state.

Changes:

  • Added a new plugins/v1/plugin-review/{plugin_id}/assign REST endpoint.
  • Implemented permission and handler methods to transition newpending and set the assigned reviewer.

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The plugin review API now uses tokenized assignment requests with a required user_id. It validates the bearer secret and reviewer, assigns the reviewer before setting the plugin status to pending, and reports assignment failures separately. Status transitions are initialized for REST and admin requests. Empty review collections return empty markup, and self-close no longer changes translation status.

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Plugin reviewer assignment

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Assignment endpoint wiring
wordpress.org/public_html/wp-content/plugins/plugin-directory/api/routes/class-plugin-review.php
The route includes the plugin token, requires an integer user_id, and uses the renamed permission callback. Documentation, response annotations, and strict status comparison were updated.
Token validation and reviewer update
wordpress.org/public_html/wp-content/plugins/plugin-directory/api/routes/class-plugin-review.php
The permission callback validates the bearer secret and plugin token. The assignment handler validates and temporarily impersonates the requested reviewer, assigns that reviewer, and sets the plugin status to pending only after successful assignment. It returns a distinct assignment error when assignment fails.
Status transition initialization
wordpress.org/public_html/wp-content/plugins/plugin-directory/admin/class-status-transitions.php, wordpress.org/public_html/wp-content/plugins/plugin-directory/class-plugin-directory.php
Status transition hooks are initialized through rest_api_init and through explicit admin initialization.
Review output and self-close behavior
wordpress.org/public_html/wp-content/plugins/plugin-directory/api/routes/class-plugin.php, wordpress.org/public_html/wp-content/plugins/plugin-directory/api/routes/class-plugin-self-close.php
Empty or falsey review collections return an empty string without iteration. Self-closing a plugin no longer sets its translation project status to inactive.

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Merge Risk: 🟡 Moderate · up to 2ef0d

The reviewer-assignment flow can allow concurrent requests to both succeed while the last write replaces the earlier reviewer, potentially assigning a plugin to the wrong person. Merge readiness requires a concurrency safeguard or explicit owner acceptance of this bounded correctness risk.

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sequenceDiagram
  participant RESTClient
  participant PluginReview
  participant Reviewer
  RESTClient->>PluginReview: POST assignment request with plugin token and user_id
  PluginReview->>PluginReview: Validate bearer secret and plugin token
  PluginReview->>Reviewer: Validate and assign requested reviewer
  Reviewer-->>PluginReview: Assignment result
  PluginReview->>PluginReview: Set plugin status to pending after successful assignment
  PluginReview-->>RESTClient: REST success or assignment error
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`@wordpress.org/public_html/wp-content/plugins/plugin-directory/api/routes/class-plugin-review.php`:
- Around line 176-199: The plugin claim flow around Reviewer::set_reviewer must
atomically transition the post from new to pending and assign the reviewer as
one exclusive operation. Replace the separate status check and wp_update_post
sequence with a compare-and-set or locked transaction, return a conflict error
when no record is claimed, and ensure failed reviewer assignment rolls back the
status change.
- Around line 29-33: Apply PHP Coding Standards in class-plugin-review.php:
reformat the register_rest_route() call so each argument is on its own line and
the closing parenthesis is standalone; replace leading spaces with tab
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@frantorres frantorres changed the title Plugin Directory: New endpoint to assign reviewer and set status to pending Plugin Directory: New endpoints to integrate reviewers tools. Aug 28, 2026
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wordpress.org/public_html/wp-content/plugins/plugin-directory/api/routes/class-plugin-review.php:476

  • This branch detects that WordPress saved a different slug, but by then the plugin has already been renamed to that generated slug. Returning a 500 therefore reports failure while retaining an unintended mutation. Restore and verify $old_slug before returning the error (while accounting for a concurrent claim of the old slug).
		// `wp_insert_post()` alters the slug in a few cases, so check the plugin actually got it.
		if ( get_post_field( 'post_name', $post->ID ) !== $new_slug ) {
			return new WP_Error( 'slug_not_updated', 'Failed to update the plugin slug', [ 'status' => 500 ] );

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