JED Entries Submission Checklist

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This article is designed to help Extension Developers (who want to be listed at JED) and JED Editors (consistence for entries approval)

To be approved and listed in JED an entry must be verified in a 4 steps checklist process

  • You are now in first step

List A1 - General submission verification[edit]

Should we consider this entry? The files submitted
Item What? Publishable?
1 Joomla Core hack files? No!
  • Please contribute with code to Joomla Core
2 Other extensions hack files? No!
  • Please send code contributions to extension developer
3 Templates for Joomla No!
4 Languages for Joomla No
5 Languages for extensions? No!
  • Please send file to extension author
6 User submit an extension created by others? No!
  • an extension must be submitted by the author


List A2 - Links verification[edit]

The web
Item What? Publishable?
1 Main Site works? YES!
2 Download link works Maybe!
  • If not on shared host sites
3 Shortened URLs No
  • Remove and use full URLs
4 Documentation, Forum or Demo does not work? YES!
  • Those are not fundamental links: remove links!
5 Copy of extension not-uploaded? No!
  • If link its public available, download and include in the JED entry


List A3 - Author verification[edit]

The developer
Item What? Publishable?
1 User submit an extension created by others? No!
  • An extension must be submitted by the author
  • Delete and email user
2 Developer blocked No!
  • Keep on pending list until user reinstated


List A4 - Name entry verification[edit]

The extension
Item What? Publishable?
1 Name conflicts with other extension No!
  • email developer
2 Name with full Joomla word Maybe!
  • Go for Step 2 Verification List
3 Name with part of Joomla word? Maybe!
  • Go for Step 2 Verification List
4 Name do not comply with Extensions_name rules? No!
  • email developer


Everything OK? Go for the next step!


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