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Make Wordpress Plug-in Installing Easy.

Published on September 5, 2008 in Wordpress. 0 Comments Tags: , .

To make installing Wordpress Plug-ins easy, try installing the “One Click Updater” Plugin by Janis Elsts.

I’ve used it for installing both plug-ins and themes on several wordpress sites and it has worked great and saved my tons of time downloading, unzipping, and uploading plugins to websites. Just a couple of clicks, and this plugin will actually install directly from a web address.  

Loving it.

Here is a quick summary of some of it’s features:

  • You can upgrade all plugins with a single click (only in WP 2.5 and up).
  • It’s easy to identify any plugins that have update notifications enabled. There is a yellow or goldish mark in the Plugin Management tab.
  • It is easy to quickly determine if there are any necessary updates.. 
  • It simple to install new plugins and themes.
  • Deleting a plugins or theme only takes a couple of clicks from the Plugins/Themes tabs.
  • Debug mode is available if something doesn’t work. It will display a detailed log whenever it tries to update or install a plugin.
You can download the plugin from wordpress.org, or from the author’s homepage.

Must have Word Press Plug-In

Published on September 2, 2008 in Wordpress. 0 Comments Tags: , .

If you are running a word press site be sure to install the “Wordpress Automatic Upgrade” Plug-In. This will save you a lot of time and aggravation.

Wordpress Automatic Upgrade allows a user to automatically upgrade the wordpress installation to the latest one provided by wordpress.org using the 5 steps provided in the wordpress upgrade instructions.

Wordpress automatic upgrade upgrades your wordpress installation by doing the following steps.

  1. Backs up the files and makes available a link to download it.
  2. Backs up the database and makes available a link to download it.
  3. Downloads the latest files from http://wordpress.org/latest.zip and unzips it.
  4. Puts the site in maintenance mode.
  5. De-activates all active plugins and remembers it.
  6. Upgrades wordpress files.
  7. Gives you a link that will open in a new window to upgrade installation.
  8. Re-activates the plugins.

The plugin can also can be run in a automated mode where in you do not have to click on any links to go to the next step.

Click Here to visit the “Wordpress Automatic upgrade” Plug-In page on Wordpress.org.

Well worth the install time!