Plugin Manager

Purpose:

PluginManager is designed to allow users to install modules and themes directly from drupal.org using local ftp or ssh.

Future:

The future of the Plugin Manager seems to be quite interesting. There is a fair effort trying to get this (or rather, a much more polished replacement) into Drupal 7 core. :) Development for this is taking place in four stages (listed below.)

1. #395472: Plugin Manager in Core: Part 1 (backend)
2. #395474: Plugin Manager in Core: Part 2 (integration with update status)
3. #395478: Plugin Manager in Core: Part 3 (integration with installation system)
4. #395480: Plugin Manager in Core: Part 4 (installation profiles)

FAQ:

What are you going to put in the release for Drupal 6?
Future Plugin Manager releases for Drupal 6 will mainly consist of backports of the module that is going into Drupal 7.

Will you support Drupal 5?
Personally, I'm not going to spend time backporting to Drupal 5. If someone else is willing to though, I'm certainly willing to post the work.

Is it done yet?
If you're asking, then obviously it isn't. If you want to speed up the process, I might suggest contributing to the work be done in the above issues.

Releases

Official releases	Date	Size	Links	Status
6.x-1.9	2009-Jan-15	21.06 KB	Download · Release notes	Recommended for 6.x

Development snapshots	Date	Size	Links	Status
6.x-1.x-dev	2009-Jun-17	25.47 KB	Download · Release notes	Development snapshot