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Git Updater #3 in Updates & Deployment releasesself-updates

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

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

3.3kstars
1.9Mrelease downloads
≈30active sites
462forks

Install

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

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

Ships its own WordPress updater (built-in updater), so new versions show up under Dashboard → Updates.

Readme

Git Updater

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/<owner>/<repo>. 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 install from the Add-Ons tab.

Sponsor

Purchase a license at the Git Updater Store. An unlimited yearly license is very reasonable and allows for authenticated API requests. There is an initial free trial period. After the trial period Git Updater will not be able to make authenticated API requests.

You can sponsor me on GitHub to help with continued development and support.

Slack

We now have a Slack team for Git Updater. Please click here for an invite. You will be automatically added to the #general and #support channels. Please take a look at other channels too.

Translations

If you are a polyglot I would greatly appreciate translation contributions to GlotPress for Git Updater.

Read the full README on GitHub →

Releases

TagPublishedAssetDownloads
14.4.2 Sep 4, 2026 git-updater-14.4.2.zip 39
14.4.1 Sep 1, 2026 git-updater-14.4.1.zip 13
14.4.0 Aug 27, 2026 git-updater-14.4.0.zip 30
14.3.0 Aug 8, 2026 git-updater-14.3.0.zip 95
14.2.3 Aug 5, 2026 git-updater-14.2.3.zip 33
14.2.2 Aug 5, 2026 git-updater-14.2.2.zip 4
14.2.1 Aug 4, 2026 git-updater-14.2.1.zip 10
14.2.0 Jul 29, 2026 git-updater-14.2.0.zip 68
14.1.0 Jul 24, 2026 git-updater-14.1.0.zip 24
14.0.2 Jul 22, 2026 git-updater-14.0.2.zip 12
14.0.1 Jul 22, 2026 git-updater-14.0.1.zip 5
14.0.0 Jul 21, 2026 git-updater-14.0.0.zip 16
13.0.1 Jun 5, 2026 git-updater-13.0.1.zip 258
13.0.0 May 31, 2026 git-updater-13.0.0.zip 131
12.24.2 Mar 25, 2026 git-updater-12.24.2.zip 481
12.24.1 Mar 18, 2026 git-updater-12.24.1.zip 38
12.24.0 Mar 11, 2026 git-updater-12.24.0.zip 37
12.23.1 Feb 12, 2026 git-updater-12.23.1.zip 173
12.23.0 Feb 12, 2026 git-updater-12.23.0.zip 22
12.22.0 Jan 14, 2026 git-updater-12.22.0.zip 229
12.21.0 Dec 31, 2025 git-updater-12.21.0.zip 101
12.20.2 Dec 8, 2025 git-updater-12.20.2.zip 152
12.20.1 Nov 26, 2025 git-updater-12.20.1.zip 70
12.20.0 Nov 24, 2025 git-updater-12.20.0.zip 18
12.19.0 Sep 29, 2025 git-updater-12.19.0.zip 339

Active-site estimate ≈30 comes from the median of recent superseded releases. Method.