Plugins Directory From WordPress

Now, WordPress finally has their own plugins directory. If you are a developer of WordPress plugin, you can submit your plugin there to get more exposure. If you wish to add more functions to your WordPress blog, you can search through different plugins there and install the suitable ones to your blog.

As what WordPress blog claims:

For users, this means:

* There is now a central place to find and download WordPress plugins.
* You can get a much better idea about plugin quality and compatibility from the site.
* In the future you’ll be able to get notification inside of WordPress about plugins you use that have updates.

For developers, you now have:

* Exposure to the millions of people who visit WordPress.org every month.
* Free SVN hosting for GPL plugin development at wp-plugins.org. (Like always.)
* Automatic download packages and free hosting of those.
* Statistics about how many people are using and downloading your plugins.
* Prominent links to your homepage, and the ability to specify a Paypal donation link from your plugin page.