[wp-hackers] notice before plugin upgrade

[Peter van der Does]

On Tue, 12 Oct 2010 16:04:52 +0100
Rich Pedley <elfin at elfden.co.uk> wrote:

> I realise this is only suitable for automatic upgrades but is there
> any method that I can hook into the upgrade routine for plugins with
> a custom message prior to the automatic download/upgrade?
> 
> I need to make changes to a core file of my plugin and want everyone
> to have the chance to _not_ upgrade to it. I intend doing this in a
> few versions time, so want to put the code in place _now_ to try and
> catch as many people as possible.
> 
> Obviously I can't do anything for anyone manually upgrading.
> 
> Thoughts and ideas welcomed.
> 
> Rich
You could use the action-hook in_plugin_update_message-{$file}

Have a look at my plugin AVh First Defense Against Spam to see what I
did.
http://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/avh-first-defense-against-spam/tags/3.0/class/avh-fdas.admin.php


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