Title: Submit pull request?
Last modified: September 2, 2021

---

# Submit pull request?

 *  [mikethicke1](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mikethicke1/)
 * (@mikethicke1)
 * [4 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/submit-pull-request/)
 * Currently Zotpress_install() is called whenever there is a change to the database
   structure. This function drops and re-creates each table, which has the effect
   of losing the user’s account data. Since dbDelta can update table structure in-
   place, I suggest not dropping current tables for database updates. However, I
   see that dropping these tables was added in 2019, so perhaps there was an issue
   that I’m not aware of?
 * We run a multisite with about 100 sites that use zotpress, so we’ve been stuck
   on zotpress 6.2.4 for a while now because we don’t want our users to lose their
   account settings. I created a fork here: [https://github.com/MESH-Research/zotpress](https://github.com/MESH-Research/zotpress)
   and a PR here: [https://github.com/MESH-Research/zotpress/pull/1](https://github.com/MESH-Research/zotpress/pull/1)
   with my (minor) changes. If these changes don’t break anything we’d be very happy
   for them to be incorporated into your plugin so that we don’t have to maintain
   a forked version and other users of the plugin don’t have to re-enter their account
   information when updating.
 * Thanks!

Viewing 3 replies - 1 through 3 (of 3 total)

 *  [pvanheus](https://wordpress.org/support/users/pvanheus/)
 * (@pvanheus)
 * [4 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/submit-pull-request/#post-14915215)
 * If you don’t mind, I’ll add to this thread because I’m trying to understand the
   development model for Zotpress. I’ve made a small change to allow multiple strings
   to be used with “highlight” and I’d also like to submit a pull request. Is the
   SVN code repository the canonical location for the code? I.e. there’s not Git/
   Github repository to PR against?
 * My understanding is the at Zotpress is in “maintenance mode” so, are non-bugfix
   changes still being accepted? Its an amazing plugin and I’d love to contribute
   to it. Perhaps [@kseaborn](https://wordpress.org/support/users/kseaborn/) can
   comment?
 *  [Mark](https://wordpress.org/support/users/codeispoetry/)
 * (@codeispoetry)
 * [4 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/submit-pull-request/#post-14918138)
 * Am really hoping [@kseaborn](https://wordpress.org/support/users/kseaborn/) is
   open to contributions of this kind! I might have some small contributions to 
   make as well.
 *  Plugin Author [Katie](https://wordpress.org/support/users/kseaborn/)
 * (@kseaborn)
 * [4 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/submit-pull-request/#post-14998646)
 * Hi all. Yes, basically in hibernation. It’s pretty much been me alone developing
   with people sending me code over email at various points. I only use the WP SVN.
   If you can find my personal website you can find the Zotpress tracker at /zptracker
   and see a very rough and usually outdated roadmap. tbh it’s been a very very 
   long time since I’ve directly collaborated on code with others so I’m not sure
   the best way forward. If it’s small stuff, perhaps you can just post the code
   here?

Viewing 3 replies - 1 through 3 (of 3 total)

The topic ‘Submit pull request?’ is closed to new replies.

 * ![](https://ps.w.org/zotpress/assets/icon-256x256.png?rev=1995512)
 * [Zotpress](https://wordpress.org/plugins/zotpress/)
 * [Frequently Asked Questions](https://wordpress.org/plugins/zotpress/#faq)
 * [Support Threads](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/zotpress/)
 * [Active Topics](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/zotpress/active/)
 * [Unresolved Topics](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/zotpress/unresolved/)
 * [Reviews](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/zotpress/reviews/)

## Tags

 * [development](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/development/)

 * 3 replies
 * 4 participants
 * Last reply from: [Katie](https://wordpress.org/support/users/kseaborn/)
 * Last activity: [4 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/submit-pull-request/#post-14998646)
 * Status: not a support question