cardinal90

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.
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.
With Precise Plugin Updater you choose what type of update is allowed for any single plugin:
<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>
This is done on the plugins page itself with a simple interface, that doesn’t require page reload.
You may also set a default policy in the settings, and then override it individually.

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.

Erin Morelli

NOTICE: This plugin is no longer being actively developed or supported.
An add-on for Mike Jolley’s <a href="https://wordpress.org/plugins/download-monitor/" rel="ugc">Download Monitor</a> which adds version changelog functionality.
Requires Download Monitor version 1.2 or higher
<h4>Shortcode</h4>
Use this shortcode to display a DLM Download’s changelog in your posts or pages:
<pre><code>[dlm_changelog id={DLM Download ID}]
</code></pre>
To paginate the changelog’s output, use the optional <code>show</code> attribute with the number of versions you want displayed on each page:
<pre><code>[dlm_changelog id={DLM Download ID} show="5"]
</code></pre>
To hide download links or release dates (or both), use the optional <code>hide_links</code> and/or <code>hide_release</code> attributes, respectively:
<pre><code>[dlm_changelog id={DLM Download ID} hide_links="1" hide_release="1"]
</code></pre>
<h4>Support</h4>
Use the community support forums for this plugin for questions that are specific to the Changelog Add-on. For support questions specific to other aspects of the Download Monitor plugin, please visit it’s <a href="https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/download-monitor" rel="ugc">support forum</a> or log a bug on the <a href="https://github.com/mikejolley/download-monitor" rel="nofollow ugc">DLM GitHub</a>.

DLM Changelog Add-on

An add-on for Mike Jolley's Download Monitor which adds version changelog functionality.

Precise Plugin Updater vs DLM Changelog Add-on