Single Click Plugin Updater WordPress Plugin

This plugin extends the plugin update notification feature introduced in WordPress 2.3 by adding an “update automatically” link to update notifications. When you click the link, the new version of the corresponding plugin is downloaded and installed automatically. It also lets you know which plugins have update notifications enabled.
Update 06.04.2008 : Version 2.0.1 with much more features is out. More info here.

Download it now! (37 Kb)

How It Works (In Detail)

To be able to display the new link this plugin will hide the original update notification and display a slightly modified one. Here’s what happens when you click the “update automatically” link :

  1. If the plugin that needs to be updated is active, it is deactivated.
  2. The Plugin Updater retrieves the plugin’s page from Wordpress.org and finds the download link.
  3. The new version is downloaded and extracted to the wp-content/plugins directory (this directory must be writable by the Updater plugin).
  4. If necessary, the updated plugin is re-activated.

All this happens in the background, so if everything works OK you’ll end up back at the “Plugins” tab. If there are any errors the plugin will display an error message and abort the upgrade.

Requirements

  • WordPress 2.3 or newer.
  • CURL library installed or allow_url_fopen enabled in php.ini. If you don’t know what that means, don’t worry – at least one of these is available on most webservers by default.
  • The /plugins directory must be writable by WordPress. The exact file permissions depend on the server configuration. Read more about file permissions. 666 or 755 may be sufficient, and 777 will always work, though this is not recommended due to security risks.

The plugin has been tested and works under Firefox 2.x, Opera 9.x and, as of version 1.0.5, Internet Explorer.

Installation

To install the plugin, please follow these steps:

  • Download the one-click-plugin-updater.zip file (below) to your computer.
  • Unzip the file.
  • Upload “one-click-plugin-updater” folder to the “/wp-content/plugins/” directory.
  • Activate the plugin through the ‘Plugins’ menu in WordPress.

That’s it.

Download

one-click-plugin-updater.zip (40 Kb)
CC-GNU GPL

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504 Responses to “Single Click Plugin Updater WordPress Plugin”

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  1. 475
    NovaRising says:
    August 25, 2009 at 18:58

    I love the plugin but I just ran it and can’t access the blog or admin page anymore. It just shows blankness…

    Any ideas?

  2. 476
    NovaRising says:
    August 25, 2009 at 19:13

    I changed the name of my plugin folder so wordpress disabled them all and then I was able to get back in.

  3. 477
    White Shadow says:
    August 26, 2009 at 00:10

    If this happened after updating a plugin, it’s possible that the update failed badly and the half-upgraded plugin is crashing the WordPress admin page. In this case you only need to rename the folder of that plugin.

    On the other hand, if this problem appeared right after activating the plugin updater, I have no idea what caused it.

  5. 479
    Wordpress Plugins: Use a plugin to update your plugins « Make Money from Blogs says:
    September 3, 2009 at 18:16

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  7. 481
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    September 8, 2009 at 16:07

    [...] One click plugin (permite instalar novos temas e plugins diretamente do painel do WordPress); [...]

  8. 482
    Mark says:
    September 9, 2009 at 05:15

    Please check out this support request concerning an issue im having with your current version. http://wordpress.org/support/topic/296254

  9. 483
    sandrar says:
    September 10, 2009 at 16:04

    Hi! I was surfing and found your blog post… nice! I love your blog. :) Cheers! Sandra. R.

  10. 484
    Top 5 Favourite WordPress Plugins | Simply Social says:
    September 28, 2009 at 10:10

    [...] 1. One Click Plugin Updater: Upgrade plugins with a single click, install new plugins or themes from an URL or by uploading a file, see which plugins have update notifications enabled, control how often WordPress checks for updates, and more. Visit plugin site [...]

  11. 485
    saidawy.com says:
    October 11, 2009 at 11:00

    thank you 4 this plugin

    i like it

  12. 486
    ksl says:
    October 22, 2009 at 09:28

    It would be nice if you can add some function to this nice plugin…

    If you use a plugin with version 1.0 and your plugin tell me that 1.1 have come out.

    I download it but the plugin dosent work…

    Now I will have two options…

    1) A restore buttom -> Go back to the wersion that I have.

    2) Change to remove the notice of the 1.1 upgrade

    The plugin will notice me when 1.2 comes out…

    I hope you understand my bad english :)

  13. 487
    White Shadow says:
    October 23, 2009 at 17:35

    That’s an interesting idea, but you’ll probably have better luck pitching it to the WordPress core team, not here. This plugin has become pretty obsolete now that WP has a built-in updater, so I’m not actively updating it.

  14. 488
    Richard says:
    October 23, 2009 at 20:48

    Hmm.. It won’t be actively updated? But I love this plugin, and I don’t see how all of it’s functionailty is in the WP core (such as the install from URL and Install from file page, for themes as well as plugins). Is any of that going to be in the core?

    Thanks

  15. 489
    White Shadow says:
    October 23, 2009 at 20:54

    The ability to upload a plugin through the Dashboard is already in the core, see Plugins -> Add New -> Upload. The same goes for themes. Installing from an URL isn’t in the core yet, but I suspect it will be added eventually.

  16. 490
    Richard says:
    October 24, 2009 at 07:07

    Yeah, but I like copy-pasting a url; less teps and quicker than downloading it then uploading it through that step…. Well, even if you stop developing, I’ll keep using it as long as it works.

  17. 491
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    November 1, 2009 at 21:30

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  18. 492
    Robert says:
    November 8, 2009 at 21:34

    I love this plugin for the easy plugin and theme install options.

    I HATE it because it hangs whenever I attempt to do the one-click update.

    Honestly, updating plugins individually is not that big of a deal.

    I’d like to be given the choice of whether or not I use the one-click feature.

    Maybe you could release the easy install options as a separate plugin…. but as it stands, I can’t recommend this plugin and I won’t use it.

  19. 493
    Steve says:
    November 20, 2009 at 08:02

    My blog at http://www.MaverickVoice.com has a *bunch* of plugins. Being able to do a one-click update is a *huge* timesaver. Thank you for this one!

  20. 494
    bee says:
    November 29, 2009 at 17:43

    not works for me…

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  27. 501
    blogszok says:
    February 9, 2010 at 20:50

    Please delete my comment with link to my old site wich is not mine now, thanks.

    409
    Blogszok says:
    May 6, 2009 at 19:48

    Nice plugin, works without problems, thanks for share!

  28. 502
    White Shadow says:
    February 9, 2010 at 21:08

    It is done.

  29. 503
    Steve says:
    February 27, 2010 at 08:07

    Good job with this plugin, easy to use, works great, thanks

  30. 504
    Tips & Tricks says:
    March 13, 2010 at 11:48

    This is really cool plugin, installed it in one of my site and every things seems fine! Thanks mate, keep up the good work ;)

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