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.
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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 :
- If the plugin that needs to be updated is active, it is deactivated.
- The Plugin Updater retrieves the plugin’s page from WordPress.org and finds the download link.
- The new version is downloaded and extracted to the wp-content/plugins directory (this directory must be writable by the Updater plugin).
- 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.
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Please check out this support request concerning an issue im having with your current version. http://wordpress.org/support/topic/296254
Hi! I was surfing and found your blog post… nice! I love your blog. 🙂 Cheers! Sandra. R.
thank you 4 this plugin
i like it
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 🙂
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.
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
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.
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.
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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.
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!
not works for me…
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Blogszok says:
May 6, 2009 at 19:48
Nice plugin, works without problems, thanks for share!
It is done.
Good job with this plugin, easy to use, works great, thanks