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Yak Plugin & Theme Installer

One-click GitHub + WordPress.org plugin and theme installer with selectable options and bulk AJAX install.

by Chris Liu-Beers, Tomatillo Design · github.com/tomatillodesign/yak-plugin-installer

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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/tomatillodesign/yak-plugin-installer/archive/refs/heads/main.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/tomatillodesign/yak-plugin-installer ↗

One-click installer for WordPress plugins from both GitHub and the official .org repo. Easily bulk-install your favorite plugins with a clean, developer-friendly UI.

Built by Tomatillo Design for internal projects — but you're welcome to adapt it for your own workflows.

🔧 Features

  • ✅ One-click install and activate
  • ✅ Supports GitHub ZIP URLs
  • ✅ Installs WordPress.org plugins via the API
  • ✅ Admin UI with checkboxes for plugin selection
  • ✅ AJAX-based (no reloads)
  • ✅ Skips already installed + active plugins
  • ✅ Status indicators per plugin
  • ✅ Easily extendable

🧠 Use Case

This is for developers who maintain a reusable set of custom plugins — some hosted on GitHub, others pulled from wp.org — and want a faster way to deploy them on fresh WordPress installs.

📦 Installation

  1. Clone or download this plugin into your /wp-content/plugins/ directory.
  2. Activate Yak Plugin Installer.
  3. Navigate to Tools → Yak Plugins.
  4. Check the boxes for the plugins you want to install.
  5. Click Install Selected Plugins and watch the magic happen.

✅ Safety

  • You can safely delete this plugin once your list is installed.
  • Installed plugins remain active and unaffected.
  • This plugin doesn’t auto-update or interfere with anything outside its page.

🗂 Plugin Format

Each plugin entry in the list includes:


[
    'type' => 'github' | 'wporg',
    'name' => 'Readable Plugin Name',
    'slug' => 'unique-plugin-slug',
    'zip'  => 'https://github.com/.../main.zip' // only for GitHub plugins
]