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makeweb/updater
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Updater
=======

[](#updater)

Connect your plugin to a server running Easy Digital Downloads - Software Licensing

Installation
------------

[](#installation)

Installation can be done via composer with:

```
composer require makeweb/updater

```

Usage
-----

[](#usage)

### Autoload package with composer

[](#autoload-package-with-composer)

Make sure you are autoloading the package's classes by requiring the composer autoloader if you are not already. Your main plugin file is usually the best place to `require` the composer autoloader. You only need to do this once in your plugin.

```
// Autoload composer dependencies
require __DIR__.'/vendor/autoload.php';

```

### Boot the updater

[](#boot-the-updater)

To boot the uploader in your main plugin file:

```
// Boot the plugin update client
(new MakeWeb\Updater\Updater(__FILE__))->boot();

```

You could implement this in any other file as well, but be sure to pass in the full path of the main plugin file to the `Updater` constructure in place of `__FILE__`.

Configuration
-------------

[](#configuration)

The update client pulls all neccessarry configuration from main plugin file, drawing from the header comments of the main plugin file and the filename.

For example, take the following header comment block:

```
/*
Plugin Name: MyCompany Thingamajiggy
Description: Respiculate your stultiloquence
Version: 1.0.0
Author: MyCompany
Author URI: http://example.org
*/

```

The package will look for an update server at `example.org` and will attempt to find updates available based on the given plugin name, and version.

Wordpress Settings Page
-----------------------

[](#wordpress-settings-page)

The package will automatically create a settings page under the `Plugins` menu called `{MyCompany} Plugin Licenses`, where the value of `{MyCompany}` is drawn from the `Author` header from the main plugin file. If multiple plugins are installed which use this package, plugins with the same `Author` name will appear on the same page. Each plugin will have a text input field where a license key can be entered to allow the user to update their plugin with updates from the update server.

###  Health Score

27

—

LowBetter than 49% of packages

Maintenance0

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity15

Limited adoption so far

Community9

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity69

Established project with proven stability

 Bus Factor1

Top contributor holds 72.9% 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 ~50 days

Recently: every ~40 days

Total

10

Last Release

2795d ago

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/6f37a083266b9624a0b945354a06ec34e80e00816676179ba9065d626c7b5b6c?d=identicon)[MakeWeb](/maintainers/MakeWeb)

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Top Contributors

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###  Code Quality

TestsPHPUnit

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