[wp-testers] Keeping Up-to-date

[Sean Hayford O'Leary]

Could you list the pros and cons?

Plugins are great, but I think this is something that should be
considered as a native function. Most plugin users (especially ones
who bother to check for more obscure ones like pjw_wp_version_monitor)
are likely more advanced users who are on WP.org often enough anyway.

On 1/22/06, Podz <podz at tamba2.org.uk> wrote:
> Sean Hayford O'Leary wrote:
> > Wouldn't it be practical to have an XML file hosted on WordPress.org
> > (e.g. http://wordpress.org/download/update?ver=$version)? By default,
> > it would be empty, but when the version is replaced by another, it
> > would simply contain a reminder and a link that could be printed at
> > the top of the admin interface (for level 10 users).
> >
> > Thoughts?
>
> A plugin pjw_wp_version_monitor does a similar job by printing a message
> at the top of the admin block. It has pro's and con's.
>
> P.
>
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