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Have you ever wondered how the PrestaShop Addons Team proceeds with the validation ?
We are going to show you how to spare time so that you can pretty much “validate” your own module before submitting it to the Addons Marketplace. First you might want to read the Technical Tools and the Good Practices.
As you probably know, there are 3 types of submissions : New, Minor update, Major update. We do not handle them with the same standards:
Let’s now give you more details on how we handle them all.
What is a “New” Module? Actually, it is a zip file. Your module is the product and since you can submit several zips per product, let’s use the right words.
Simple: the very first time you submit a zip for your module, it is called a “New” zip. Please, do not try to submit your module if you have never used the Validator. That tool runs several checks to make sure your module will run smoothly on PrestaShop. As the current version is closed source, a document summarize the different checks made by it.
After meeting each requirement provided by the Validator, here’s a list of extra points we check: Validation checklist