[wp-testers] Possible bug for WP2.6: Plugins Notification Bubble

Kirk M kmb42vt at gmail.com
Wed Jul 16 15:34:48 GMT 2008


This sounds like a needed feature. The option to disable the update 
notifications for any single plugin or plugins via the Admin's "Plugin" 
page but definitely not a global option say somewhere in "Settings". The 
user should not be able to turn it off entirely, it's there for a good 
reason--security especially.

So I have a few questions:

1. What common factor in a plugin's code does WordPress key off of for 
the update notifications? There has to be some sort of standardization here.

2. Why do some plugins show an update notification that leads to an 
entirely different plugin altogether which really messes up an update in 
that it deletes the original plugin and installs the other one instead 
(relates to question #1). I have one currently installed that has that 
problem so it's constantly calling for an update to the wrong plugin. 
The actual  installed plugin is a super simple one that adds one simple 
function (disables the email sender check) and has no update.

3. Since the plugin update notification and auto upgrade feature is a 
WordPress core function, how difficult would it be to come up with a 
plugin that adds a small check box next to each plugin listed in the 
Admin's Plugins page that, when checked, would disable the update 
notification for that particular plugin or plugins?

I can see the various reasons for wanting to turn off the update 
notification for any particular plugin or plugins, especially if the 
notification leads to the wrong plugin but certainly not limited to 
that. Unfortunately, I'm not up to coding up a plugin of my own yet (I'm 
working on it) but it seems that it could be done.

Will Garcia wrote:
> My situation is different, in that they have different plugin filenames. I
> think it's because they use the same class or function variables or
> something. I renamed one of the plugin name to something different, but it
> still asks me to upgrade it. However, sometimes, the bubble stops showing,
> then comes back again. It's an on again off again scenario. Hope the plugin
> authors address this.
>
> On Wed, Jul 16, 2008 at 9:36 PM, Stephen Rider<wp-hackers at striderweb.com>
> wrote:
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>> I believe it keys off the filename, not the metadata -- e.g.
>> "myplugin/myplugin.php"
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>> Stephen
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>> On Jul 16, 2008, at 8:23 AM, Dan Coulter wrote:
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>>   On Wed, Jul 16, 2008 at 3:11 AM, Karl Wångstedt<kalle at wangstedt.net>
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>>> wrote:
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>>>   I assume there must be a way of preventing a plugin from being checked
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>>>> against the database? But how?
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>>> If you go into the plugin file and mangle the metadata at the top, it
>>> should
>>> stop it from checking.  I'm not sure which piece of data it keys off of.
>>>
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