[wp-testers] Is this possible....

[Jennifer Hodgdon]

I think this solution would satisfy both Michael and those who don't 
want to be bothered:

In the admin menus and dashboard, you are only "nagged" that you have 
out-of-date plugins if an active plugin needs to be updated. If the 
only plugins that need updating are inactive, you don't get the red 
flag in-your-face warning.

If you happen to visit the Plugins page, you can see all (active and 
inactive) plugin status, so that if you are about to activate a plugin 
you can tell that it is out of date before you click the "activate" link.

     --Jennifer


> From: "Jeff Chandler" <jeffro at jeffro2pt0.com>
>>> Actually, this is an idea I can get behind. I too have seen a plugin 
>>> update notifier on my administration page only to browse to the 
>>> plugins area and find out the update is for a disabled plugin.

Michael E. Hancock wrote:
> -1 on this idea.
> 
> Consider that the plugin is sorely out-of-date, so you have activate it 
> to find out it is obsolete.  I'd like to know that it needs updating 
> before I activate it.

-- 
Jennifer Hodgdon * Poplar ProductivityWare
www.poplarware.com

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