[wp-testers] Plugin updater in 2.8

Paul Robinson pablorobinson at gmail.com
Sun Dec 28 23:44:41 GMT 2008


Could you tell me how it is done at the moment? It would come in real handy.
:)

Thanks. I won't hold my breath for the automatic inclusion. :)

Paul.

2008/12/28 DD32 <wordpress at dd32.id.au>

> Its possible for a plugin to do this, The only plugin i know which does do
> it is HeadSpace2, and now my own plugins (Well, at least the ones I've
> updated for 2.7) since i saw it and thought "Thats totally cool"
>
> To do it automatically, Would require forcing plugin authors to having a
> changelog in their readme.txt files in the correct format, as well as
> server-side changes in the API, in addition to the WP changes.. So i
> somewhat wouldnt hold your breath for now :)
>
> 2008/12/29 Paul Robinson <pablorobinson at gmail.com>
>
> > I was wondering if it will be or even if it already is possible to show
> > important announcements about updates in plugins in the little yellow box
> > that shows there is an update when you go into the plugin page. You know
> > the
> > little yellow box that says 'version x.x is out download or update
> > automatically'. Is there a way to put a message to users in that box or
> > should this be a feature request?
> >
> > Paul.
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