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facetwp/github-updater-lite
===========================

Drop-in support for GitHub automatic updates

1.0.1(9y ago)44229MITPHP

Since Jan 17Pushed 7y ago6 watchersCompare

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GitHub Updater (Lite)
=====================

[](#github-updater-lite)

Enable automatic updates for your GitHub-hosted WordPress plugins.

This is a variant of Andy Fragen's excellent [GitHub Updater](https://github.com/afragen/github-updater) plugin. If you need all the bells and whistles (BitBucket, private repositories, etc), please use Andy's plugin!

Usage
-----

[](#usage)

Add the following line to your plugin's meta information, replacing `owner/repo` with your public repository.

```
GitHub URI: owner/repo

```

Then, add `github-updater.php` to your plugin folder, and `include()` it from within your main plugin file. Make sure it loads *before* the `plugins_loaded` action fires.

```
include( dirname( __FILE__ ) . '/github-updater.php' );
```

The code fetches [git tags](https://git-scm.com/book/en/v2/Git-Basics-Tagging) to determine whether updates are available.

That's it, have fun!

###  Health Score

33

—

LowBetter than 72% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity20

Limited adoption so far

Community17

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity64

Established project with proven stability

 Bus Factor1

Top contributor holds 79.2% 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 ~0 days

Total

2

Last Release

3451d ago

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/115410?v=4)[Matt Gibbs](/maintainers/mgibbs189)[@mgibbs189](https://github.com/mgibbs189)

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Top Contributors

[![mgibbs189](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/115410?v=4)](https://github.com/mgibbs189 "mgibbs189 (19 commits)")[![afragen](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/1296790?v=4)](https://github.com/afragen "afragen (2 commits)")[![schlessera](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/83631?v=4)](https://github.com/schlessera "schlessera (2 commits)")[![NateWr](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/2306629?v=4)](https://github.com/NateWr "NateWr (1 commits)")

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Tags

pluginwordpressgithubupdates

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