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Liam Maclachlan
Liam Maclachlan
22,805 Points
Posted by Liam Maclachlan
Liam Maclachlan
22,805 Points

Can you force your users to update your plugins that they are using?

I just want to know if it is possible to force updates on custom WordPress plugins or do all updates need to be initiated by the user?

Just curious :)

1 Answer

Justin Horner
STAFF
Justin Horner
Treehouse Guest Teacher
Justin Horner
Justin Horner
Treehouse Guest Teacher

Hello Liam,

I don't believe it can be forced from the developer, however, there are plugins that a user can install to force other plugins to be updated automatically.

I hope this helps.

Liam Maclachlan
Liam Maclachlan
22,805 Points
Liam Maclachlan
Liam Maclachlan
22,805 Points

Perfect. That is what I needed confirmed. The site at work had a customised plugin 'auto-update' that broke the site. I have now added this plugin https://wordpress.org/plugins/aryo-activity-log/ to keep an eye on the admin enabled users and who is doing what.

Thank again for the confirmation, man :)