Encapsulated Plugins

[Congerman]

Hi all, Is there a list of all available Encapsulated Plugins?

I have a few sites using 1.5.8 through to 2.1.0

[mc12345678]

Umm, does it matter?

Plugins are expected to work for the advertised version and may work for newer versions without adjustment or may require some editing. Some plugins will and some will not use the encapsulation process. Encapsulated or not doesn't really affect the plugin if it works. Additionally, not all plugins have been tested in every known combination so one encapsulated plug-in may not work well with another or the same loaded in a different sequence, etc...

So, just wondering why it matters to have such a list unless you plan to upgrade them all and are seeking an easy way to determine on which to start next.

[Congerman]

Umm, does it matter?

Plugins are expected to work for the advertised version and may work for newer versions without adjustment or may require some editing. Some plugins will and some will not use the encapsulation process. Encapsulated or not doesn't really affect the plugin if it works. Additionally, not all plugins have been tested in every known combination so one encapsulated plug-in may not work well with another or the same loaded in a different sequence, etc...

So, just wondering why it matters to have such a list unless you plan to upgrade them all and are seeking an easy way to determine on which to start next.

It would just be nice to have a list of these ones as they are so much easier to install / uninstall. I think it would be good to have a section in "plugins" specifically for encapsulated ones.

[torvista]

I think the point is only use add-ons that you consider essential...then whether they are encapsulated or not is very much a secondary issue.
If the decision to install or not is based on their encapsulation, they are not essential.

[carlwhat]

can people just answer the OP's question? is that so hard?

i am just not sure why so many people think they more about what the OP wants and what their motivation is.

and as far as "essential", i would argue that metric is a a complete judgement call and a bunch of balderdash and drivel. how does one know what is "essential" until one has tried it?

with regards to a list of encapsulated plugins, not that i know of.

however....

the zen-cart board utilizes vBulletin. this is no doubt a very powerful piece of software, and capable of many things. but in the current deployment, it is IMO, not well maintained.

why that is, people can make all kinds of guesses.

for example, lets go to the plugins page.

on the top right, we see a sidebox called "latest plugins/add-on". in my experience, that sidebox is accurate.

the sidebox below it is "top contributors". now we are getting to some malarky. i think the top contributors are based on the number of plugins a plugin author has. and for years, i have tried to understand how that number of plugins gets calculated. to no avail. it makes no sense to me...

in addition, at least one of the "top contributors" has been dead (RIP) for 14 years.

others have not posted or made a contribution for years. so how are they top contributors?

in addition, when someone says "search the boards!", they do not really mean search this board; they mean use google to search the zen-cart boards because the zen-cart board search stinks.

a long pre-amble to basically saying, that for whatever reason, the administration of this board, IMO, could be better.

now, encapsulated plugins are relatively new, especially on the store owner side. and a board admin has now added a field to indicate whether the plugin is encapsulated. so to answer your question, the data is definitely there. as to whether the admins will now provide a list of those plugins that are encapsulated is anyone's guess.

best.

[swguy]

> for years, i have tried to understand how that number of plugins gets calculated. to no avail.

It's buggy, as you have noticed.

There is no "encapsulated filter" in the plugins, but each plugin indicates whether or not it is encapsulated.