From development point of view the most practical way to detect and locate changes is version control – comparing against SVN/Git checkout of core or use such checkout directly. However there are also plugins around that verify files against set of hashes. I think Sucuri Security recently got such feature. The practical limitation of them … Read more
I had same issue today on my new server. After a while i realize that zip/unzip is not active in my apache/php . When i recompile my apache with zip extension , problem solved.
luke reports that this issue has been resolved in the comments of the original question: Thanks guys. Updating to 3.8.1 solved the problem. There were some problems with “dead zones” in buttons.
If my guess is right that you think you add your site URL inside the plugin’s head and it will magically update everyones plugin, then I have to tell you that wont work. You have choices: Either you host your plugin on wordpress.org and updates work pretty much without you doing anything then pushing your … Read more
I did not find any hook available to customize the message. So decided to remove the original update nag and have our custom nag over there. Lets first remove the original nag // Admin menu hook add_action( ‘admin_menu’, ‘remove_core_update_nag’, 2 ); /** * Remove the original update nag */ function remove_core_update_nag() { remove_action( ‘admin_notices’, ‘update_nag’, … Read more
Make a copy of the site in localhost, this will be better approch. To upgrade site see Upgarding WordPress – Extended Instructions
Edit line 149 in file.php as described in this thread: https://wordpress.org/support/topic/unable-to-update-plugins-after-upgrade-to-42 fixed it for me (on a linux host). edit: just read you are on windows: someone also posted a fix that applies to windows hosts there (apparently more complicated because backslashes are used in filepaths). so your line 149 in file.php should read: if … Read more
WordPress parent theme are the main file which contains all data and coding. If you directly edit everything in the parent theme such as CSS, functions and any other pages then it might be possible to lose many of previously made changes when you will update to new version of that theme. So, it is … Read more
Yes, there is a hook you can use, it’s called upgrader_process_complete. This hook fires after plugins or core has been upgraded. You can hook to this action and send an email: function send_custom_email( $object, $options ) { // Get the path for plugins $plugin_path = plugin_basename( __FILE__ ); // Check if the plugin is upgraded … Read more
The WP Toolbar’s Customize button will launch the Theme Customizer. This is standard on all WordPress sites, but it could be disabled via themes or plugins. WordPress version 4.7 added the Custom CSS feature which will allow you to add your own styles to the activated theme. These styles will not be overridden when updating … Read more