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+# Bulk Edit Cron Offload #
+**Contributors:** ethitter, automattic  
+**Tags:** cron, bulk edit  
+**Requires at least:** 4.8.1  
+**Tested up to:** 4.9  
+**Stable tag:** 1.0  
+**License:** GPLv2 or later  
+**License URI:** http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-2.0.html  
+
+Process Core's Bulk Edit requests using Cron
+
+## Description ##
+
+Process Core's Bulk Edit requests using Cron, rather than via a `$_GET` request.
+
+## Installation ##
+
+1. Upload the `bulk-edit-cron-offload` directory to the `/wp-content/plugins/` directory
+1. Activate the plugin through the 'Plugins' menu in WordPress
+
+## Frequently Asked Questions ##
+
+### A question that someone might have ###
+
+An answer to that question.
+
+## Changelog ##
+
+### 1.0 ###
+* Initial release
diff --git a/languages/bulk-edit-cron-offload.pot b/languages/bulk-edit-cron-offload.pot
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+# Copyright (C) 2017 Erick Hitter, Automattic
+# This file is distributed under the same license as the Bulk Edit Cron Offload package.
+msgid ""
+msgstr ""
+"Project-Id-Version: Bulk Edit Cron Offload 1.0\n"
+"Report-Msgid-Bugs-To: "
+"https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/bulk-edit-cron-offload\n"
+"POT-Creation-Date: 2017-09-13 00:10:57+00:00\n"
+"MIME-Version: 1.0\n"
+"Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8\n"
+"Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit\n"
+"PO-Revision-Date: 2017-MO-DA HO:MI+ZONE\n"
+"Last-Translator: FULL NAME <EMAIL@ADDRESS>\n"
+"Language-Team: LANGUAGE <LL@li.org>\n"
+"X-Generator: grunt-wp-i18n 0.5.4\n"
+"X-Poedit-KeywordsList: "
+"__;_e;_x:1,2c;_ex:1,2c;_n:1,2;_nx:1,2,4c;_n_noop:1,2;_nx_noop:1,2,3c;esc_"
+"attr__;esc_html__;esc_attr_e;esc_html_e;esc_attr_x:1,2c;esc_html_x:1,2c;\n"
+"Language: en\n"
+"Plural-Forms: nplurals=2; plural=(n != 1);\n"
+"X-Poedit-Country: United States\n"
+"X-Poedit-SourceCharset: UTF-8\n"
+"X-Poedit-Basepath: ../\n"
+"X-Poedit-SearchPath-0: .\n"
+"X-Poedit-Bookmarks: \n"
+"X-Textdomain-Support: yes\n"
+
+#. Plugin Name of the plugin/theme
+msgid "Bulk Edit Cron Offload"
+msgstr ""
+
+#. Plugin URI of the plugin/theme
+msgid "https://vip.wordpress.com/"
+msgstr ""
+
+#. Description of the plugin/theme
+msgid "Process Bulk Edit requests using Cron"
+msgstr ""
+
+#. Author of the plugin/theme
+msgid "Erick Hitter, Automattic"
+msgstr ""
+
+#. Author URI of the plugin/theme
+msgid "https://automattic.com/"
+msgstr ""
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 {
   "name": "bulk-edit-cron-offload",
   "version": "0.1.0",