Increase the Plugin Publish Limit

As a Roblox developer it is currently too hard to publish plugins in a timely manner unless you are ID-verified (and even then, 10 is very steep).

Two plugins a month is too harsh of a restriction on developers who want to share their plugins with their friends or the community, here’s why:

  • If you toggle a plugin on/offsale, this counts towards your limit of 2. Because there is no way to share a plugin with a specific user (like if you wanted to invite a small group of beta-testers), the only way to limit plugin access is to toggle it on sale briefly and then put it offsale after the intended recipient has installed it.
  • This limit restricts the ability for developers to rapidly make small tools, as many quality of life plugins might only take a few days to write, but get limited from public release by 2 plugins per month limit.
  • What if I want to publish a bunch of my personal plugins? If I have 6 of them, I would have to wait 3 months! And that’s assuming I don’t toggle on/offsale any other plugins during that time.

I request a new limit of 10 plugins for an unverified account and 20 for a verified one, putting the range more in-line with the other limits imposed on asset publishing. Or, alternatively, charge a small Robux cost per asset to publish beyond their monthly limits.

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Having a verified account seems reasonable to restrict bad actors. The monthly limit of 10 for verified users is low though.

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Nobody is making 10 plugins a month.

You’d have to really be pumping out large amounts of slop to hit the limit.

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Have you considered making local plugins? If you are making things for internal usage, this should cover your needs.

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Oh yeah let me just load a bunch of Robux on a virus uploader so I can make more money by backdooring games with fake plugins.

I think backdooring through plugins is a lot less common but it doesn’t stop skids from trying.

Please note I used the word “Publish” in the title of this request, implying that I wish to publish my plugins for the community to enjoy. Of course I use local plugins.

Models can contain viruses as well yet unverified accounts are allowed to publish 10 of those per month, why should plugins be limited to 2?