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YahnisElsts / plugin-update-checker

A custom update checker for WordPress plugins. Useful if you don't want to host your project in the official WP repository, but would still like it to support automatic updates. Despite the name, it also works with themes.
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WP update server and Plugin Update checker #395

Closed aryanrajseo closed 4 years ago

aryanrajseo commented 4 years ago

Hi,

I would like to create a theme and offers automatic update. I am little confused about WP update server and Plugin Update checker plugin and there is also naming theme update checker which i assume is same plugin update checker.

Can i use the plugin update checker as mentioned for both plugin and themes? if i re-read I understand that wp update server is for server management panel like updates.example.com where this plugin will be installed and then use the plugin update checker in your theme and plugin to push the updates.

sorry if i am on wrong way.

Appreciate you all for the great work. I was not able to find a simple solution to push update on a theme.

YahnisElsts commented 4 years ago

Yes, you can use this library (plugin-update-checker) for theme updates. I used to have two separate projects called "plugin update checker" and "theme update checker", but both of them were doing a lot of similar things so eventually I combined them into one - that is, the one that you're looking at right now.

wp-update-server is a tool you can use to provide update information to plugin-update-checker. The update checker should be included in your theme or plugin, while the update server should be installed on your site/server. That said, you don't necessarily have to use wp-update-server - you could just have a static JSON file with update information (example), or write your own script that outputs JSON data in the appropriate format.

aryanrajseo commented 4 years ago

Thank you. Appreciate it. I will go ahead and test with a sample theme.