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<p>Easy Updates Menu is a lightweight plugin that enhances your WordPress admin interface by adding a convenient “Updates” submenu item under the Plugins menu. This submenu only appears when there are plugin updates available, making it easier to quickly access and manage pending updates.</p>
<p>We’ve all dealt with slow servers and clunky setups when running maintenance on sites. How frustrating is it to log in to the dashboard, click on ‘Installed Plugins’, then click ‘Updates’? It eats up precious time. With Easy Updates Menu, you can simply log in to the dashboard, click “Updates,” and start updating without the hassle.</p>
<h4>Features</h4>
<ul>
<li>Adds a dynamic submenu item: Plugins <span aria-hidden="true" class="wp-exclude-emoji">→</span> Updates</li>
<li>Shows the number of available updates in the menu</li>
<li>Only visible when plugin updates are available</li>
<li>Direct access to the updates view</li>
<li>Respects WordPress user capabilities</li>
</ul>
<h4>How It Works</h4>
<p>The plugin automatically checks for available plugin updates and adds a submenu item when updates are found. Clicking the submenu takes you directly to the plugins update screen, streamlining your update workflow.</p>
<h4>User Permissions</h4>
<p>The submenu is only visible to users with the ‘update_plugins’ capability, maintaining proper WordPress security practices.</p>


Easy Updates Menu

Adds a dynamic 'Updates' submenu item under the Plugins menu when updates are available.

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<p>Have you ever had a plugin update break your site? I have. And it wasn’t even a major update. I won’t be turning automatic updates for this plugin on in the future. On the other hand, some plugins may be safe to update regardless of version number.</p>
<p>WordPress plugin developer guidelines recommend using <a href="http://semver.org/" rel="nofollow ugc">Semantic Versioning</a>. And while not everybody follows it, for many plugins a version number still tells something about possible impact.</p>
<p>With Precise Plugin Updater you choose what type of update is allowed for any single plugin:</p>
<ul>
<li>All – allows any updates</li>
<li>Minor – preserves the first part of a version number</li>
<li>Patch – preserves the first two parts</li>
<li>None – turns automatic updates off</li>
</ul>
<p>This is done on the plugins page itself with a simple interface, that doesn’t require page reload.</p>
<p>You may also set a default policy in the settings, and then override it individually.</p>


Precise Plugin Updater

This automatic plugin updater gives you fine grained control. You may choose to allow any updates, only minor versions, only patch versions, or none.

Easy Updates Menu vs Precise Plugin Updater