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WP Changelog Digest

AI reads WordPress plugin and theme changelogs before you update. Get plain-English summaries with safety ratings: safe, caution, or breaking.

by Bilal Mahmood · github.com/sahibbilal/wp-changelog-digest · website

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Install

No release zip yet. The repository archive installs, but the folder name will carry the branch suffix and updates will not flow:

wp plugin install https://github.com/sahibbilal/wp-changelog-digest/archive/refs/heads/master.zip

Readme

WP Changelog Digest

AI reads plugin and theme changelogs before you update. Know what changed, what broke, and whether it's safe — in plain English.

WP Changelog Digest fetches the changelog for every pending plugin and theme update from WordPress.org, then asks Claude AI to summarize it in plain English with a safety rating: safe to update, test first, or breaking changes detected.

What It Does

  • Changelog Digest dashboard — lists all pending plugin and theme updates with version pills (old → new)
  • ✨ Read Changelog per update — fetches the changelog from WordPress.org and asks Claude to summarize it
  • Safety rating — one of three: ✅ Safe to update / ⚠️ Test before updating / 🔴 Breaking changes
  • Plain-English summary — what actually changed, written for a site owner, not a developer
  • Highlights list — key new features and improvements
  • Breaking changes list — anything that could break the site
  • ✨ Digest All Updates — processes every pending update sequentially with a live progress bar
  • 3-day result cache — summaries are cached so you don't pay for the same changelog twice
  • Banner on native Updates screen — one-click link to the Digest dashboard when updates are pending

Safety Ratings

Rating Meaning
✅ Safe Bug fixes and minor improvements — update freely
⚠️ Caution Major version, database changes, or API changes — test on staging first
🔴 Breaking Explicitly breaking changes, removed features, or manual migration required

File Structure

wp-changelog-digest/
├── wp-changelog-digest.php      # Bootstrap
├── includes/
│   ├── class-fetcher.php        # WordPress.org API — fetch plugin/theme changelogs + update lists
│   ├── class-summarizer.php     # Claude API — summarize changelog, return safety rating
│   └── class-admin.php          # Dashboard UI, settings, AJAX handlers, Updates screen banner
├── assets/
│   ├── admin.css
│   └── admin.js
└── README.md

Installation

  1. Upload wp-changelog-digest to /wp-content/plugins/
  2. Activate
  3. Go to Changelog Digest → Settings and add your Claude API key
  4. Go to Changelog Digest to see all pending updates with digest buttons

API Cost

  • Model: claude-haiku-4-5
  • ~$0.002 per changelog summarized
  • Results cached for 3 days — same update won't be charged twice
  • A site with 20 updates/month ≈ $0.04

Part of the 30-Day WordPress AI Plugin Series

Day 8 of building one open-source WordPress + AI plugin every day.

Follow along: bilalmahmood.dev

License

GPLv2 or later

Read the full README on GitHub →