Improve "Plugins need to be updated" workflow for packaged plugins...

[makedesign]

Would it be possible to allow users the ability to update the packaged plugins, rather than just notifying them that their version is no longer current?

IE: If I am including a plugin ZIP file and the user is prompted to update it during a theme update, there is no quick way for them to do so, even though I am including the most up-to-date plugin version inside the theme.

Back story: Right now I am including this plugin with all of my themes to make theme & plugin updates a little easier for users: https://wordpress.org/plugins/easy-theme-and-plugin-upgrades/

This makes it easy for users to update themes & plugins without having to go through the deactivate/delete re-upload/re-activate process (and it makes backup ZIP copies, which is rad)... but I feel like the "holy grail" would be to allow users to update the packaged plugins in a similar sort of process during the TGM nag (rather than trying to convince them to read the documentation on how to do it manually).

Is this totally far fetched? Am I missing another easier way of doing this?

Oh, and I recognize that force-deleting a plugin (in order to update it) is a lot different than force-activating/de-activating it (and that doing so on a Multisite installation without properly prompting the user that it'll update it for the whole network isn't good)... but if there's a way to include this feature, or even to just somehow integrate the "backup & update" process, it'd be incredibly helpful!

Thanks for considering it!

[maimairel]

+1 for this feature to be official.

There's actually a modified version of TGMPA made by a ThemeForest author that does this, which can be found here: http://themeforest.net/forums/thread/modified-tgm-plugin-added-option-to-update-the-plugins/105830

Please integrate something like this into the library!

Thank you!

[BassemN]

+1 for this feature to be official.

[KingYes]

+1 for this feature to be official.

[mintbird]

+1 This is a must have feature.

[drewhammond]

Any action on this?

[liviucerchez]

A must have feature indeed.

[lumberman]

@swiderski created version of the latest version of this plugin with update functionality that can be found here: https://github.com/duckzland/TGM-Plugin-Activation/tree/add_update_mode

I did test on my install and works perfectly.

Some discussion on this feature here: https://github.com/duckzland/TGM-Plugin-Activation/issues/3#issuecomment-96179802

Looking forward to have it as part of the original repo. Than you@swiderski !

[jrfnl]

I suggest @swiderski or @duckzland make a pull request, so the code can be incorporated.

[lumberman]

With current dev pace it's quite a challenge 😫

[swiderski]

I did pull request, however now we are one version behind. But if there will be need I can merge again with most current version, but tomorrow, as I go sleep now:-)

[GaryJones]

Closing this as a duplicate of #192. Subscribe to that ticket for future updates.

[jrfnl]

I'd like to invite everyone in this thread to test PR #381 / https://github.com/thomasgriffin/TGM-Plugin-Activation/tree/feature/192-add-updating-workflow which implements this.

Feedback very welcome. Please add your comments in the PR thread #381