feat: OJS 3.4/3.5 upgrade, Arabic locale, PHP8 compat, docs (README/CHANGELOG/CITATION) #18
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Summary (TL;DR)
Upgrade Plum Analytics plugin for OJS 3.4.x / 3.5, add Arabic locale, PHP 7/8+ compatibility tweaks, and documentation/attribution. No DB/schema changes. License unchanged (GPL-2.0-or-later).
What’s changed
Bump version.xml → 1.6.1.0 and 2025-08-24.
PHP compatibility: add return type hints (e.g. register(): bool, getTemplatePath(): string, etc.).
Keep lazy-load behaviour; no changes in plugin settings keys.
Locales: add locale/ar/locale.po (keys mirrored to en).
Docs: update README with attribution, add CHANGELOG.md and CITATION.cff.
No changes to license headers (still GPL-2.0-or-later).
Compatibility
Target: OJS 3.4.x (tested) and 3.5 (intended; please validate).
PHP: tested on PHP 8.1/8.2 (syntax/type hints only; no BC breaks expected).
How I tested
Built a proper OJS package (.tar.gz) with a top-level folder plumAnalytics/ only.
Installed via Website → Plugins → Upload a New Plugin.
Enabled the plugin, verified settings open & save, and widgets render on article pages without errors.
Cleared caches and checked error logs (no new warnings).
Packaging note
If useful for reviewers, I can attach the .tar.gz built with the correct folder structure (plumAnalytics/) or publish it in a GitHub Release.
Attribution
Unofficial fork of ulsdevteam/ojs-plum-plugin. Upgraded/maintained for OJS 3.4/3.5 by Saddam Al-Salfi.
Contact: saddamalsalfi@qau.edu.ye
— Queen Arwa University.
Checklist
version.xml updated (release/date/class).
License preserved (GPL-2.0-or-later) + original notices intact.
Tarball packs a single top-level folder plumAnalytics/.
Locales validated (ar keys = en keys).
Smoke-tests on OJS 3.4.x, PHP 8.1/8.2.
Further validation on OJS 3.5 by maintainers.
Thanks!