Niels Lange

<p><strong>SMNTCS Show Symlinked Plugins</strong> is a powerful WordPress plugin designed to prevent the accidental deletion or updating of symlinked plugins. It is an essential tool for developers who use symbolic links (symlinks) for plugin development or deployment.</p>
<p>When working with WordPress, it is quite common to symlink plugins for various reasons. For example, you might want to test changes without affecting the original plugin, or symlink plugins across multiple sites for easy updates. However, WordPress, by default, does not distinguish between regular and symlinked plugins on the admin plugins page. This can lead to unintended deletions or updates.</p>
<p><strong>SMNTCS Show Symlinked Plugins</strong> addresses this by adding visible indicators to symlinked plugins and adjusting their options.</p>
<h3>Features</h3>
<h3>Indicate Symlinked Plugins</h3>
<p>The plugin adds a ‘Symlinked’ text indicator in front of the action row of each symlinked plugin on the WordPress plugins page. This makes it visually clear which plugins are symlinked, helping you to avoid mistakes.</p>
<h3>Adjust Plugin Actions</h3>
<p>For symlinked plugins, the plugin removes the delete button when the plugin is inactive, ensuring that you cannot accidentally delete symlinked plugins. Furthermore, it removes the option to enable auto-updates for symlinked plugins to prevent unintentional updates.</p>
<h3>Custom Styling</h3>
<p>The plugin comes with an admin CSS file that you can customize to adjust how symlinked plugins are displayed.</p>
<h3>Contribute</h3>
<p>Contributions are more than welcome. Simply head over to <a href="https://github.com/nielslange/smntcs-show-symlinked-plugins" rel="nofollow ugc">Github</a> and open an issue or a pull request.</p>


SMNTCS Show Symlinked Plugins


Very useful tool if you're a developer. It correctly highlights all plugins that are symlinked and prevents me from accidentally update/delete them. Good job!


Must have tool!

Prevent accidentally deleting or updating symlinked plugins.

Metagauss

<h4>Download Plugin for WordPress</h4>
<p>Download Plugin can easily download plugins, themes, users, blog posts, pages, comments, attachments, and more directly from your WordPress dashboard. Download Plugin can also download data from any plugin that uses custom post types, including WooCommerce products, Easy Digital Downloads, Portfolio Post Types, Slider Revolution, bbPress, WP Job Manager, JetPack, and many more.</p>
<p><strong>Download Plugins</strong>: A download button is placed beside each plugin, allowing you to download the plugin in a zip file format. You can also select multiple plugins and use the bulk download option to download all selected plugins with a single click.</p>
<p><strong>Download Themes</strong>: Similar to plugins, a download button is placed beside each theme in your WordPress dashboard. You can download themes in a zip file format.</p>
<p><strong>Download Users</strong>: With the Download Plugin, you can download individual user data or multiple users’ metadata in a CSV file format. This feature simplifies user data management, allowing easy download and save user information.</p>
<p><strong>Download Blog Posts</strong>: Export blog posts individually or in bulk with just a click. Download Plugin allows you to download blog posts in a CSV format for backup or migration purposes.</p>
<p><strong>Download Pages</strong>: Download single or multiple pages from your WordPress site. This feature is perfect for backing up your content or transferring pages between sites.</p>
<p><strong>Download Custom Posts</strong>: Download data from plugin that use custom post types. Download single custom post or a bulk download of multiple posts.</p>
<p><strong>Download Comments</strong>: Download comments either individually or in bulk. Save user feedback and engagement safely.</p>
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<li>Just activate this plugin.</li>
<li>You can see Download link below each plugin name on plugins page.</li>
<li>Click on any of them and that plugin’s zip will be downloaded to your computer.</li>
<li>Cheers!</li>
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<p>Must-have utility plugin that allows you to download any plugin directly from WordPress Dashboard!</p>
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<p>WordPress download plugin is a utility plugin that does one thing, and does it perfectly. It may sound simple, but this feature plugs a hole in current set of WordPress plugin functionality. As a site admin you must be aware that you can search and install WordPress plugins directly from the dashboard, or you can upload the plugin as zip files, assuming you received it from another site (for example, a commercial plugin). Once installed, all plugins list themselves inside Dashboard -> Plugins page. After deactivating and deleting them, they simply disappear. All files are removed from the server instantly. WordPress does not allow you to backup or download the plugins before you jettison them from your site. If you also manage your server and are fairly comfortable doing so, you may find a more contrived way to download installed plugins via directory manager app or FTP. Obviously, this requires more than a single click and not for everyone.</p>
<p>What exactly are plugins and how this plugin helps you save time or bail you out from difficult situations? Plugins are files and/ or directories, which are created inside your WordPress installation (defined by WordPress) when you first install them. Both active and deactivated files reside inside them. When you upload zip package of a plugin, WordPress extracts it and places the directory inside it in the plugins folder. Our plugin allows you to reverse the process. It will convert any plugin installed on your site into a zip package ready to be reinstalled later or moved to another site. It accomplishes this by simply adding a new link “Download” under the plugin title to already existing links. It is a single click process and hardly takes any time. Our plugin does not create any other page in the dashboard or clutter menus. It is lightweight, efficient and completely invisible until you need it.</p>
<p>So why would you need it? While there can be many reasons, here are the primary we think you will find it useful.</p>
<h4>A. Backup</h4>
<p>The foremost and most common reason – when you wish to make backup of the plugin for future installation.</p>
<h4>B. Premium/ Commercial Plugins</h4>
<p>If you have purchased the plugin from a vendor site, you may want to make a backup of your new purchase to make sure you have it handy if the vendor is no longer available or your account is expired. Please note: Do check terms of use for commercial plugins on publisher’s site.</p>
<h4>C. Migrating to a different site</h4>
<p>So you have found yourselves dependent on some specific plugins that you want to use on all of your sites? You can download these plugins from your current site do a folder on your hard disk from where you can upload to your other sites.</p>
<h4>D. Preserving Changes</h4>
<p>If you DIY type and made modifications to plugin files to suit your requirements, you will want to make sure you have an archived copy of the plugin if the files get overwritten by an update etc.</p>
<h4>Starter Guide</h4>
<p><a href="https://metagauss.com/download-plugin-guide/" rel="nofollow ugc">Checkout Download plugin guide</a> for more information.</p>
<h4>Recommended Plugins (Free Download From WordPress.org)</h4>
<p><a href="https://wordpress.org/plugins/download-theme/" rel="ugc">Download Theme Plugin:</a> allows you to download any theme from your WordPress admin panel’s Appearance page.</p>
<p><a href="https://wordpress.org/plugins/custom-registration-form-builder-with-submission-manager/" rel="ugc">User Registration and Login Plugin:</a> Take total control of end-to-end user registration process on your site with RegistrationMagic plugin.</p>
<p><a href="https://wordpress.org/plugins/profilegrid-user-profiles-groups-and-communities/" rel="ugc">User Profiles and Membership Plugin:</a> Build awesome user profiles, restrict content and launch memberships with ProfileGrid plugin.</p>
<p><a href="https://wordpress.org/plugins/eventprime-event-calendar-management/" rel="ugc">User Events and Calendar Plugin:</a> Manage user events, sell tickets and publish event calendar with EventPrime plugin.</p>


Download Plugin

I use this plugin on a couple sites to quickly grab a copy of my plugins when I set up a new installation. Although I once had issues when uploading multiple plugins at a time, the key functionality of the plugin works great for me - solid 5 stars on that.

My main concern is that the plugin adds a non-dismissible admin notice. Having that show up on a bunch of my sites for a couple weeks now and it is extremely annoying.

In addition to that, the plugin creates a top-level menu item in the WordPress admin area which is - in my honest opinion - simply not necessary. All it does is display documentation. This could easily be moved under the "Settings" tab.

I'd love to see these changes implemented in the future.

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Update:

The plugin author listens to community feedback. I've changed the 2-star review into a 5-star review. No complaints, the plugin does exactly what it's supposed to and the annoying top-level admin menu has gone. Also, the admin notice is now dismissible. Thanks!

Great plugin with annoying downsides

Excellent!

Download any plugin from your WordPress admin panel's Plugins page by just one click! Now, download themes, users, blog posts, pages, custom post …

SMNTCS Show Symlinked Plugins vs Download Plugin