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content-pilot/wp-plugin-update-checker
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Allow third-party, private plugins to be updated from GitHub

2.0.0(2y ago)04.1kMITPHP

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WordPress Plugin Update Checker
===============================

[](#wordpress-plugin-update-checker)

Library to bootstrap plugin updates for third-party, private repositories if an access token is present. This class requires the [Plugin Update Checker](https://github.com/YahnisElsts/plugin-update-checker) class v5 to be exist. Typically only included in CP Web Pilot to avoid conflict. Use the [Debug Bar](https://wordpress.org/plugins/debug-bar/) plugin to troubleshoot a proper connection.

### Installation

[](#installation)

Require this package in your composer.json

```
composer require content-pilot/wp-plugin-update-checker

```

### Usage

[](#usage)

Add the following snippets in your main plugin file.

```
use Content_Pilot\Wp_Plugin_Update_Checker\Bootstrap as Update;

```

```
public function __construct() {
    $this->run_update();
}

```

```
private function run_update() {
    $plugin_update = new Update( PLUGIN_NAME );
    $this->loader->add_action( 'plugins_loaded', $plugin_update, 'update_from_cloud', 10 );
}

```

### Changelog

[](#changelog)

##### 2.0.0

[](#200)

- Require Plugin Update Checker 5

##### 1.2.0

[](#120)

- Change how license key is pulled from database

##### 1.1.2

[](#112)

- Remove the asset parameter so we grab the first asset on the release

##### 1.1.1

[](#111)

- Define the plugin path for the release asset

##### 1.1.0

[](#110)

- Enable release assets to grab the built version of the repository

##### 1.0.1

[](#101)

- Change plugin\_dir\_path to accomodate vendor directory nesting
- Add README
- Add CHANGELOG

##### 1.0.0

[](#100)

- Initial commit and release on Packagist

###  Health Score

31

—

LowBetter than 68% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity21

Limited adoption so far

Community9

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity61

Established project with proven stability

 Bus Factor1

Top contributor holds 85.7% of commits — single point of failure

How is this calculated?**Maintenance (25%)** — Last commit recency, latest release date, and issue-to-star ratio. Uses a 2-year decay window.

**Popularity (30%)** — Total and monthly downloads, GitHub stars, and forks. Logarithmic scaling prevents top-heavy scores.

**Community (15%)** — Contributors, dependents, forks, watchers, and maintainers. Measures real ecosystem engagement.

**Maturity (30%)** — Project age, version count, PHP version support, and release stability.

###  Release Activity

Cadence

Every ~148 days

Recently: every ~308 days

Total

10

Last Release

745d ago

Major Versions

1.3.0 → 2.0.02024-05-02

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/68972231?v=4)[content-pilot-user](/maintainers/content-pilot-user)[@content-pilot-user](https://github.com/content-pilot-user)

---

Top Contributors

[![claytoncollie](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/4236538?v=4)](https://github.com/claytoncollie "claytoncollie (18 commits)")[![rodrigo-arias](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/11416255?v=4)](https://github.com/rodrigo-arias "rodrigo-arias (3 commits)")

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