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Update README for 4.0 and remove plugin installer page#643

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Update README for 4.0 and remove plugin installer page#643
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@akirk akirk commented Apr 4, 2026

Summary

  • Rewrites the README description for the 4.0 release: highlights multiple themes, extensibility, and companion plugins (Post Collection and Send to E-Reader, now on WordPress.org)
  • Removes friendship/friend-request references (that functionality was removed in 4.0)
  • Updates Philosophy and FAQ to reflect that followed people are now taxonomy terms, not WordPress users
  • Removes the Friends plugins admin page and all related code/assets (class-plugin-installer.php, plugins.json, plugin-installer.js, generate-plugins-json.php, plugin-installer templates)
  • Links to companion plugins via standard WordPress.org install modals instead

Test plan

  • Verify the Friends admin menu no longer has a "Plugins" submenu item
  • Verify the welcome page companion plugin links open the correct WP.org install modals
  • Verify the "unsupported feeds" message in select-feeds is plain text with no broken link
  • Check README renders correctly on GitHub

- Rewrite description to highlight themes, extensibility, and companion
  plugins (Post Collection, Send to E-Reader now on WordPress.org)
- Remove friendship/friend-request references (removed in 4.0)
- Update Philosophy and FAQ to reflect followed people are taxonomy terms
- Remove the Friends plugins admin page and all related code/assets:
  class-plugin-installer.php, plugins.json, plugin-installer.js,
  generate-plugins-json.php, and plugin-installer templates
- Link companion plugins to WordPress.org install modals instead
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@akirk akirk merged commit 374ebd1 into main Apr 7, 2026
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