Alex Hedström

DevDocs is a WordPress plugin for publishing clear, organised developer documentation on your site. It gives you a documentation page with a collapsible sidebar for browsing sections and a main content area for reading articles.
Key Features
<ul>
<li>Documentation articles and updates — Publish help articles and version updates in one place.</li>
<li>Organised sections — Group your content into folders and sub-folders for easier browsing.</li>
<li>Sidebar navigation — Visitors can move between the overview, sections, articles, and changelog from one menu.</li>
<li>Instant search — Quickly find articles from the sidebar as you type.</li>
<li>Mobile-friendly layout — The documentation view works cleanly on smaller screens.</li>
<li>Welcome screen — Show an introduction, helpful topic cards, and your latest update before a visitor opens an article.</li>
<li>Changelog timeline — Display product updates in a clear version-by-version timeline.</li>
<li>Custom colours — Match the documentation area to your brand with built-in colour settings.</li>
<li>Full-page layout option — Display your documentation in a distraction-free full-browser view.</li>
<li>Article guidance — Help readers stay oriented with breadcrumbs, last updated dates, and previous/next article links.</li>
<li>Manual ordering — Choose the order in which articles appear inside each section.</li>
<li>Translation-ready — Includes English language files and a translation template for other languages.</li>
</ul>
<h3>Usage</h3>
<h4>Documents</h4>
Add your documentation articles in DevDocs and assign them to one or more Topics so they appear in the right place in the sidebar. Use Order if you want to control which articles appear first.
<h4>Topics</h4>
Use Topics to build your sidebar structure. You can create main sections and place sub-sections inside them, then use Order to control how they are listed.
<h4>Changelog</h4>
Each changelog entry supports: 
* A Version Number and Release Date. 
* A summary description. 
* Update items grouped as Added, Changed, Fixed, Removed, Deprecated, or Security.
<h4>Settings</h4>
Navigate to DevDocs → Settings to configure:
<ul>
<li>Documentation Page — The WordPress page that renders the docs layout.</li>
<li>Documentation Name — Label shown in the sidebar header.</li>
<li>Welcome Heading / Message — Text displayed on the overview screen.</li>
<li>Show Topic Cards — Toggle topic card grid on the welcome screen.</li>
<li>Show Latest Update — Toggle the latest changelog snippet on the welcome screen.</li>
<li>Full Page Mode — Expand the documentation into a full-browser layout.</li>
<li>Color Scheme — Choose the colours used across the documentation area.</li>
</ul>

DevDocs

Developer software documentation with folder-based navigation, changelog tracking, and customizable color schemes.

Matt Biscay

Sky Changelog Notifier enhances WordPress automatic update notification emails by including the actual changelog for each updated plugin or theme. This keeps you informed about what changed in each update without having to visit the WordPress.org repository.
Key Features:
<ul>
<li>Automatically fetches and includes changelogs in update notification emails</li>
<li>Works with both plugin and theme updates</li>
<li>Adds emoji indicators (✅🚀❌) to plugin details modal showing version status</li>
<li>Fetches from tagged versions for accuracy, with automatic fallback to trunk</li>
<li>Comprehensive caching for optimal performance</li>
<li>WP-CLI support for testing</li>
<li>Full compatibility with Easy Updates Manager (EUM) and other notification plugins</li>
<li>Locale-agnostic email insertion — works on any localized WordPress site</li>
</ul>
How It Works:
When WordPress automatically updates plugins or themes, this plugin:
<ol>
<li>Fetches the changelog from the plugin/theme’s readme.txt file</li>
<li>Extracts the specific version’s changelog</li>
<li>Appends it to the update notification email</li>
<li>Caches results for 1 hour to improve performance</li>
</ol>
Plugin Modal Enhancement:
When viewing plugin details in the WordPress admin, you’ll see: 
* ✅ Green checkmark – Your version matches the latest 
* 🚀 Rocket – You’re ahead (development version) 
* ❌ Red X – Update available
Compatibility:
Works seamlessly with: 
* Easy Updates Manager 
* Easy Theme and Plugin Upgrades 
* Other update management plugins 
* Uses high priority (999) on standard WordPress filters 
* Hooks into <code>automatic_updates_complete</code> for EUM and similar plugins that bypass WordPress email filters 
* Locale-agnostic insertion using structural markers instead of translatable strings
<h3>Development</h3>
Development happens on GitHub: https://github.com/skyminds/sky-changelog-notifier

Sky Changelog Notifier

Adds changelogs to WordPress automatic update notification emails for plugins and themes.

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