Update Themes or Plugins through the Installer

[discobot]

People are so used to the update notice with 1-click updating for themes and plugins if they get them from .org or a third party site which has that capability (not all do).

But one feature that would be great to have is the ability to utilize the theme/plugin installers to allow updating simply by re-installing a fresh downloaded zip for a theme or plugin. WP doesn’t do that but Joomla does and it’s so useful and efficient.

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Read-only archive: Issues · ClassicPress/ClassicPress · GitHub

Author: Andre

Vote count: 15

Status: Completed

Slated for inclusion in 1.2.0: WP-r48390: Upgrade/install: Allow plugin and theme updates from a upl… by mattyrob · Pull Request #594 · ClassicPress/ClassicPress · GitHub

~ posted by James Nylen

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Comments

Fully agree with that. This should be in core!
There is currently a WP plugin which adds this feature to WP, maybe this could help in implementing it for ClassicPress Core:
Update Theme and Plugins from Zip File – WordPress plugin | WordPress.org

~ posted by David Decker

Ah, didn’t know that one existed. I know there was another one I think called Easy theme and plugin updates or something like that but it’s out dated. Anyway, definitely having the capability is something I know a lot of people would be happy about.

In the years I’ve been designing themes, and on a couple occasions where I did not have the update notificaton and 1 click updates, people were scared to use FTP, even with a detailed tutorial.

I’ve used Joomla for over 10 years and this is one feature they have in the core; using the installer to update extensions, even themes. So with the plugin you mentioned, it could possibly be an option, but definitely need it in the core.

~ posted by Andre

Definitely this must be core. It is essential for a business cms to quickly drag-n-drop-n-update a plugin or theme without the use of extra plugins

~ posted by a ClassicPress Supporter

Great idea!

If someone would like to start working on this as a plugin in an experimental repository under ClassicPress Research · GitHub, ping me on Slack and I’ll get you set up.

~ posted by James Nylen

Great idea!

~ posted by Tim Kaye

The plugin seems to be not outdated:
Easy Theme and Plugin Upgrades – WordPress plugin | WordPress.org

~ posted by Torsten Landsiedel

Just a quick update…considering plugins is one thing (which being done by third party can be a security risk), but I still believe this is something that should be in the core. Hopefully, it makes it in. I’ve used Joomla for over a decade and this is something they do for both extensions (plugins) and templates (themes).

~ posted by Andre

[viktor]

I think this petition refers to this:
https://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/9757

And subsequently to this backport PR:

Merge/wp r45185 Allow plugin and theme updates from a uploaded .zip file.

This petition can be set to Planned. Unless I misunderstood it.