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Wordpress Update Watcher

WP Update Watcher

by Pivotal Agency · github.com/pvtl/wp-update-watcher · website

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Install

Download source zip No release zip yet

This is the repository archive. It installs, but the folder name will carry the branch suffix and updates will not flow.

Install straight from GitHub with WP-CLI:

wp plugin install https://github.com/pvtl/wp-update-watcher/archive/refs/heads/master.zip
No built-in updater. New versions won't appear under Dashboard → Updates. Install new releases yourself, or let Git Updater track the repository.
Readme github.com/pvtl/wp-update-watcher ↗

WordPress plugin that monitors installation for core, plugin and theme updates and emails the client when they are available.

Installation into a Bedrock site

Install

# 1. Get it ready (to use a repo outside of packagist)
composer config repositories.wp-update-watcher git https://github.com/pvtl/wp-update-watcher

# 2. Install the Plugin
composer require pvtl/wp-update-watcher

Activate / Configure

  • Activate the plugin
  • Settings > Update Watcher:
    • For now, please set the cron to Other Cron and manually setup a cron for once a month (to start 1 month after the site is launched)
    • Set the correct emails
    • Set the recipient's name
    • Only notify for active themes/plugins

[Maintainers Note] Publishing Updates

To update the plugin and make it available for updating via composer, follow these steps:

  1. Push your changes to master branch
  2. Check existing tags using git tag. This command will print the list of tags for this repository. In our case, git tags are plugin versions.
  3. Create a new tag via git tag <tagname>. Example: If the current plugin version is 1.0.6 the next will be 1.0.7, so we need to run git tag 1.0.7
  4. Push the tag to the repo git push origin <tagname>. In our case, git push origin 1.0.7