[DevHub] Since Require at least and Require PHP are not mandatory to add readme header file

[shsajalchowdhury]

Issue Description

Recently, in the plugin review, it was required to remove the Require at least, and the Require PHP version, but the guide link sent by the plugin review team was not updated. The guide page still has outdated readme files.

I have attached the guide link that needs to be updated. The readme validator still notices that Require at least and Require PHP are missing.

URL of the Page with the Issue

https://developer.wordpress.org/plugins/wordpress-org/how-your-readme-txt-works/
https://wordpress.org/plugins/developers/readme-validator/

Section of Page with the issue

Readme header information section

Suggested Fix

Update the Readme header as per the latest update

[github-actions]

Heads up @WordPress/docs-issues-coordinators, we have a new issue open. Time to use 'em labels.

[github-actions]

Heads up @theMikeD - the "plugins" label was applied to this issue.

[dd32]

FYI @WordPress/plugin-review-team

https://wordpress.slack.com/archives/C1LBM36LC/p1739419373629879

Posted by dd32
I’m not sure that’s valid, in that the suggestion needs to be removed, as those headers don’t need to be removed.

I think the confusion is that it can be defined in either the Readme.txt or the plugin.php file, with the latter also read by core.

The field is optional to include inside the readme.txt as a result. That’s why it’s only a Note not a Warning or Error in the validator (which doesn’t know about the header being included in the plugin.php file)

The github repo you’ve mentioned is for Docs team, which isn’t the plugin team who generally manages plugins related stuff.

[ernilambar]

Related WordPress/plugin-check#866