This plugin enables you to host updates for plugins from your own WordPress site.
i.e. It provides a service for the availability and download of WordPress plugin updates - just like the
wordpress.org plugin repository. This can be for free plugins, or licensed plugins - it includes a full licence manager (and a free class for using it is available).
This is the plugin updates server that has been providing millions of plugin updates to the users of the paid versions of
the UpdraftPlus backup/restore/clone WordPress plugin since 2013 (and various other
Team Updraft and
Simba Hosting plugins).
A paid connector for WooCommerce is also available, allowing WordPress to automatically assign and renew licences when purchases are made; plus other features for coupons and renewal emails (including pre-filled carts);
follow this link for more information.
The best way to get a feel for its features is to take a look at the available screenshots.
特点
- Manage multiple plugins, both free and paid
- Manage user licences - create, renew and delete licence entitlements for non-free plugins
- Send renewal reminder emails for licensed plugins
- Have multiple different zips (i.e. different plugin versions) available for your plugins
- Have sophisticated rules for which zip a particular user gets delivered (e.g. send them an older version if they are on an old version of WordPress or PHP)
- Counts plugin downloads, by version - calculate how many active users you have
- Shortcode provided for showing users on your website what plugins are available
- Shortcode provided for showing plugin changelogs (automatically read from the plugin zip)
- Data is included in WordPress's privacy tools' output (export / delete)
- Import a new zip via WP-CLI: wp plugins-manager import-zip --file="/path/to/file.zip" --user="your-WP-user" --add-rule
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Update plugins' supported WordPress versions via WP-CLI:
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wp plugins-manager update-versions --user="WordPress-username-or-email-or-id" --slug="plugin-slug" --tested-version="version-number(x.y.z)"
或
- wp plugins-manager update_versions --user="WordPress-username-or-email-or-id" --current-wp-version="version-number(x.y.z)" --tested-version="version-number(x.y.z)"
Running an updates and an licensing server are two important parts of providing plugin updates to your users. You will also need to add code in your plugin to point towards that updates server. A popular class used for this purpose with free plugins, that requires you to do nothing more than include it and tell it the updates URL, is available here:
https://github.com/YahnisElsts/plugin-update-checker . For licenced plugins, a compatible class is available here:
https://github.com/DavidAnderson684/simba-plugin-manager-updater .
Other information
Standard WordPress installation; either:
- Go to the Plugins -> Add New screen in your dashboard and search for this plugin; then install and activate it.
Or
- Upload this plugin's zip file into Plugins -> Add New -> Upload in your dashboard; then activate it.
After installation, you will want to configure this plugin. To find its settings, look for the "Plugins Manager" entry in your WordPress dashboard menu.
To show users on your website what plugins they can download, use this shortcode (changing the value of userid to match the ID of the WordPress user who is providing the plugins): [udmanager showunpurchased="free" userid="1"]
To show the changelog for a plugin, use the shortcode udmanager_changelog; e.g. : [udmanager_changelog slug="my-crazy-plugin" userid="1" maximum_sections="9999"] . N.B. HTML will not be filtered, so do not use this upon untrusted input. If no slug is specified, then the value will be taken from the URL parameter udmanager_changelog_slug.