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www.mysitesmanager.com is the easy way to manage multiple WordPress sites. We take the headache out of managing lots of sites by giving you a simple dashboard that lists your sites and any updates that are available. Built for security, we do not store any login data. We do not store your login details or any other passwords or sensitive data. The way the system works is you add our plugin to your site. The plugin creates an xml file that lists any out of date app versions, plugins or themes. Our system reads this xml file and displays the data on your dashboard.
How does the plugin work? 
The plugin will run a daily cron job to check for updates and then write the details to the xml file. We then read this xml file from our system and write the data to your dashboard.
The plugin is not standalone you need a free account with www.mysitesmanager.com to use it.
The plugin is based on code from the WP Updates Notifier plugin (https://wordpress.org/plugins/wp-updates-notifier/) by Scott Cariss but we have substantially modified the code.
Features
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<li>Runs a daily check for updates to plugins, themes and WordPress. Then writes the details to an xml file.</li>
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MySitesManager Updates Checker

www.mysitesmanager.com is the easy way to manage multiple WordPress sites. We take the headache out of managing lots of sites by giving you a simple d …

Dave Jesch

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SpectrOMTech

ServerPress

This plugin will fix long filename problems on Windows systems when doing updates from third-party plugin repositories, such as updating from EDD based sites.
Usage Scenarios:
We’ve found that users on Windows systems that are upgrading themes and plugins from a third-party repository, such as an Easy Digital Downloads (EDD) site have problems. They will see an error message of “Update Failed: Could not create directory…”. The reason for this is that during the update process, the file name requested from the EDD site has the product name, user name and other information encoded within it so that EDD knows who is requesting the file. This results in a very long file name. This is not necessarily a problem WordPress itself, or even EDD, as this works on non-Windows systems. But if you are running WordPress on Windows and see this error, it is because of the long file name requested.
If you are using DesktopServer for your local development on Windows and would like to use the Windows Compatibility Fix plugin as a Design Time plugin, you can install this in your C:\xampplite\ds-plugings directory and it can then be automatically activated and used with all of your local development web sites. This allows you to use the plugin in your local environment, where it’s needed and not to deploy it to your live environment where it may not be needed. For more information on DesktopServer and local development tools, please visit our web site at: https://serverpress.com/get-desktopserver/
Because this fix is only needed on Windows systems, the plugin checks the operating system on which it is running and does not initialize itself. If you are having problems with the update process on non-Windows systems, it is more likely an issue with directory permissions.
How it Works:
The Windows Compatibility Fix plugin uses a couple of WordPress filters employed during the update process. It modifies the name of the file that is downloaded to your system, shortening it to just a few characters. This allows WordPress’s update process to work correctly on Windows systems by not creating the long file name in the first place.
Support:
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Support Details: We are happy to provide support and help troubleshoot issues. Visit our Contact page at <a href="http://serverpress.com/contact/" rel="nofollow ugc">http://serverpress.com/contact/</a>. Users should know however, that we check the WordPress.org support forums once a week on Wednesdays from 6pm to 8pm PST (UTC -8).
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ServerPress, LLC is not responsible for any loss of data that may occur as a result of using this tool. We strongly recommend performing a site and database backup before testing and using this tool. However, should you experience such an issue, we want to know about it right away.
We welcome feedback and Pull Requests for this plugin via our public GitHub repository located at: <a href="https://github.com/ServerPress/Windows-Compatibility-Fix" rel="nofollow ugc">https://github.com/ServerPress/Windows-Compatibility-Fix</a>

Windows Compatibility Fix

I'm using DesktopServer on Windows and was unable to get a plugin update from an EDD store to update (not an EDD plugin). I came across a forum that mentioned this plugin, and figured I'd give it a try. After installing, the update worked perfectly.

Works Great!

Fixes long filename problem on Windows systems when doing updates, such as updating from EDD based sites.

MySitesManager Updates Checker vs Windows Compatibility Fix