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Where to access the available plugin/WordPress updates?

Plugin update data is cached in the update_plugins site transient with available updates under the response property. $data = get_site_transient( ‘update_plugins’ ); var_dump( $data->response ); Response looks a bit like: array(1) { [“wordpress-seo/wp-seo.php”]=> object(stdClass)#1873 (11) { [“id”]=> string(27) “w.org/plugins/wordpress-seo” [“slug”]=> string(13) “wordpress-seo” [“plugin”]=> string(24) “wordpress-seo/wp-seo.php” [“new_version”]=> string(5) “5.5.1” [“url”]=> string(44) “https://wordpress.org/plugins/wordpress-seo/” [“package”]=> string(62) “https://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/wordpress-seo.5.5.1.zip” [“icons”]=> … Read more

Download failed cURL error 7: . Can’t update anything

In my case (running on Centos 8), this error was caused by SElinux preventing apache (the login running the web server) from using the connect(2) system call. Try running in permissive mode — if that works, change your SELinux configuration as appropriate.

Worpdress update another update is currently in progress

In my case the problem was caused by bad import of MySQL tables in phpMyAdmin. (I exported databases instead of only one database’s content. While importing MySQL errored with “Cannot create DB” but created the tables.) Testing INSERT INTO wp_options ( option_name, option_value, autoload ) VALUES (‘core_updater.lock’, 1592768373, ‘no’) (thanks @Rup) said I have a … Read more

Apply a tag to every images ‘Link Rel’

You can create a content_filter that will update on the fly meaning that you don’t have to update all previous pictures and it will be the default so you don’t have to worry about your authors. something like this: function autoadd_rel_prettyPhoto($content) { global $post; $pattern = “/(<a(?![^>]*?rel=[‘\”]prettyPhoto.*)[^>]*?href=[‘\”][^’\”]+?\.(?:bmp|gif|jpg|jpeg|png)[‘\”][^\>]*)>/i”; $replacement=”$1 rel=”prettyPhoto[“.$post->ID.’]”>’; $content = preg_replace($pattern, $replacement, $content); return … Read more

How to create a plugin that notifies for updates?

There is a plugin for that: Automatic Updates For Private And Commercial Plugins. To prevent upgrade checks against the WordPress.org data base in your plugin use the function Mark Jaquith has written.

Is there a way to hook into the update-core page for custom messages?

There is an action, ‘core_upgrade_preamble’, which can be added to output anything you would like at the bottom of the upgrade-core page. For example, try: add_action(‘core_upgrade_preamble’, ‘add_custom_upgrade_core_message’); function add_custom_upgrade_core_message(){ echo “<p>HI THERE</p>”; } That should work to meet your needs.

Show warning if plugin is missing

sample code that you can addopt and chage… to check is plugin installed. // addition check on init hook. add_action(‘admin_init’, ‘wpse_73859_init’); function wpse_73859_init(){ // if – we in wp-admin // if – we class of polylang not found // and if we can manage_options (there a lot of different // capabilities you can use install_plugins … Read more

How to update WordPress core or themes and still have my child theme hooks work

The very concept of child theme is to let your modifications remain intact when updating. You use child theme for maintenance. But it has to be the same theme. I mean Twenty Twelve and Twenty Thirteen are not the same theme. So basically when theme is updated you do not have to do anything. Regarding … Read more

Plugin updates, version dependencies, and backwards compatibility

Do I still need to include the update scripts in version 1.2 so people can update the plugin from v1.1 directly to v1.3? Yes. Is there a way for WordPress to automatically download v1.2, run the update scripts, and then download v1.3… No. …is there a way to flag v1.3 of my plugin and say, … Read more

How to display user’s nickname by default instead of username

Instead of wp_create_user, use wp_insert_user. So you will be able to set extra variables like nickname, display_name separately than the default value. For your case, you can code like this: $args = array ( ‘user_login’ => $user_name, ‘user_pass’ => $random_password, //send as plain text password string ‘user_email’ => $user_email, ‘nickname’ => $user_nickName, ‘display_name’ => $user_nickName … Read more

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