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springdevs/wp-update
====================

A minimal helper to update wordpress plugin from your own self-hosted WordPress Plugin repository.

1.0.1(4y ago)4161MITPHPPHP >=5.3.0

Since Dec 10Pushed 4y ago1 watchersCompare

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Wp Update
=========

[](#wp-update)

A minimal helper to update wordpress plugin from your own self-hosted WordPress Plugin repository.

Install
-------

[](#install)

```
composer require springdevs/wp-update
```

Usage
-----

[](#usage)

```
add_action('init', 'update_plugin');

function update_plugin() {
    new \SpringDevs\WpUpdate\Update(
        PLUGIN_CURRENT_VERSION,
        'https://example.com/check-update',
        'plugin-dir/plugin.php'
    );
}
```

Host API
--------

[](#host-api)

Ensure that your `check-update` api must be return look like these example response :

```
{
    "name": "Update Pro",
    "slug": "update-pro",
    "author": "SpringDevs",
    "author_profile": "http://profiles.wordpress.org/springdevs",
    "version": "1.0.2",
    "homepage": "https://example.com/plugin",
    "download_url": "http://example.com/plugins/update_pro.zip",
    "requires": "3.0",
    "tested": "5.8.2",
    "requires_php": "5.3",
    "last_updated": "2021-12-09 02:10:00",
    "sections": {
        "description": "your plugin description here",
        "installation": "Click the activate button and that's it.",
        "changelog": "Bug fixes.Tested up to wp-v5.8.2"
    },
    "banners": {
        "low": "https://plugins.svn.wordpress.org/wc-booking/assets/banner-772x250.jpg",
        "high": "https://plugins.svn.wordpress.org/wc-booking/assets/banner-772x250.jpg"
    }
}
```

**Enjoy!**

###  Health Score

23

—

LowBetter than 27% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity11

Limited adoption so far

Community8

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity46

Maturing project, gaining track record

 Bus Factor1

Top contributor holds 100% 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 ~130 days

Total

2

Last Release

1490d ago

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/319b2f005289ab2deb22a81091793a036edacdb392b865d9c9256917f4d30330?d=identicon)[Ok9xNirab](/maintainers/Ok9xNirab)

---

Top Contributors

[![Ok9xNirab](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/40653908?v=4)](https://github.com/Ok9xNirab "Ok9xNirab (5 commits)")

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Tags

self-hostedupdate-pluginwordpresswordpress-pluginwordpressauto-updatewp-plugin-update

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