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Git Updater #2 in Updates & Deployment

This WP plugin will update GitHub, Bitbucket, GitLab, and Gitea hosted plugins and themes

by Andy Fragen · github.com/afragen/git-updater · website

3.3kstars
1.9Mrelease downloads
≈100active sites
20kcomposer installs
462forks

Install

The author publishes release zips, so WP-CLI can install straight from GitHub:

wp plugin install https://github.com/afragen/git-updater/releases/download/14.4.2/git-updater-14.4.2.zip

Also on Packagist as afragen/github-updater:

composer require afragen/github-updater

Declares an update source (afragen/git-updater), so updates arrive through the plugin's own updater.

From the readme

Git Updater Contributors: Andy Fragen, contributors Tags: packages, update, github, language pack Requires at least: 5.9 Requires PHP: 8.0 Stable tag: master Donate link: License: GPL-3.0-or-later A simple plugin to enable automatic updates to your GitHub hosted WordPress plugins, themes, and language packs. Additional API plugins available for Bitbucket, GitLab, Gitea, and Gist. Comprehensive information regarding Git Updater is available in the Knowledge Base. Install the latest version here. Description This plugin was originally designed to simply update any GitHub hosted WordPress plugin or theme. Your plugin or theme must contain a header in the style.css header or in the plugin's header denoting the location on GitHub. The format is as follows. GitHub Plugin URI: https://github.com/afragen/git-updater or GitHub Theme URI: https://github.com/afragen/test-child ...where the above URI leads to the owner/repository of your theme or plugin. The URI format is https://github.com//. You should not include any extensions like .git. API Plugins API plugins for Bitbucket, GitLab, Gitea, and Gist are available. API plugins are available for a one-click ins

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Releases

TagPublishedAssetDownloads
14.4.2Sep 4, 2026
14.4.2Sep 4, 2026git-updater-14.4.2.zip20
14.4.1Sep 1, 2026
14.4.1Sep 1, 2026git-updater-14.4.1.zip13
14.4.0Aug 27, 2026
14.4.0Aug 27, 2026git-updater-14.4.0.zip29
14.3.0Aug 8, 2026
14.3.0Aug 8, 2026git-updater-14.3.0.zip95
14.2.3Aug 5, 2026
14.2.3Aug 5, 2026git-updater-14.2.3.zip33
14.2.2Aug 5, 2026
14.2.2Aug 5, 2026git-updater-14.2.2.zip4
14.2.1Aug 4, 2026
14.2.1Aug 4, 2026git-updater-14.2.1.zip10
14.2.0Jul 29, 2026
14.2.0Jul 29, 2026git-updater-14.2.0.zip68
14.1.0Jul 24, 2026
14.1.0Jul 24, 2026git-updater-14.1.0.zip24
14.0.2Jul 22, 2026
14.0.2Jul 22, 2026git-updater-14.0.2.zip12
14.0.1Jul 22, 2026
14.0.1Jul 22, 2026git-updater-14.0.1.zip5
14.0.0Jul 21, 2026
14.0.0Jul 21, 2026git-updater-14.0.0.zip16
13.0.1Jun 5, 2026

Active-site estimate ≈100 comes from the 14.3.0 cohort. Method.