Seventh Sky

Mishal Fatima

Update Press is a comprehensive WordPress plugin designed to help website owners effortlessly display, manage, and track update notifications with advanced user engagement features. Featuring a floating widget with a responsive sidebar drawer, it dynamically fetches and showcases the latest updates in real time with built-in analytics and user feedback capabilities.
The plugin is perfect for businesses offering software, SaaS, digital products, or any service that requires regular communication with users about updates, new features, or important announcements. The floating widget includes a notification badge that highlights updates from the past seven days, ensuring users never miss important information.
Key Capabilities: 
– Smart Notifications: Automatic badge highlighting for recent updates 
– User Engagement: Built-in like/dislike feedback system for each update 
– Analytics Tracking: Comprehensive read tracking and user interaction monitoring 
– Private Mode: Option to make updates private and only accessible through the widget 
– Admin Dashboard: Detailed analytics columns showing views and feedback statistics 
– Mobile-First Design: Fully responsive and optimized for all devices 
– Customizable Display: Flexible settings for widget position, display count, and sorting options
The sidebar drawer opens to reveal a list of recent updates with real-time analytics display. Users can interact with updates through like/dislike buttons, and administrators can track engagement through comprehensive analytics in the WordPress admin panel. The plugin also offers Private Mode functionality, allowing sensitive updates to be accessible only through the widget while preventing search engine indexing.
<h3>Features</h3>
Core Widget Features: 
– Interactive floating widget with customizable positioning (left/right) 
– Responsive sidebar drawer with smooth animations 
– Smart notification badge highlighting recent updates (7-day window) 
– Real-time updates fetching via WordPress REST API 
– Mobile-optimized design with touch-friendly interface
User Engagement & Analytics: 
– Built-in like/dislike feedback system for each update 
– Comprehensive read tracking and user interaction monitoring 
– Real-time analytics display showing read counts and feedback statistics 
– AJAX-powered interactions with instant UI updates 
– Toast notifications for user feedback confirmation
Admin Management: 
– Dedicated admin interface with analytics columns (Views & Feedback) 
– Sortable analytics columns in updates list table 
– Custom database tables for tracking reads and user feedback 
– Flexible display settings (count, sorting, positioning) 
– Category and tag management with custom colors
Privacy & Security: 
– Private Mode feature to disable public indexing 
– Search engine protection with noindex meta tags 
– Access restrictions for direct links and archive pages 
– Secure AJAX endpoints with nonce verification 
– Complete admin control over update visibility
Customization Options: 
– Widget position control (bottom left/right) 
– Display count settings (all updates or custom limit) 
– Sort order options (newest/oldest first) 
– Category filtering and tag management 
– Customizable tag colors and styling 
– Flexible display rules (sitewide or specific pages)
<h3>QUICK LINKS</h3>
📖 Need Help? Check our <a href="https://instantpopupbuilder.com/update-press/" rel="nofollow ugc">Documentation & Knowledge Base</a> for step-by-step guides, FAQs, and troubleshooting tips. 
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Update Press – Keep your users informed about changes and updates

Share information, News, and updates with your users through an interactive floating widget on the front end.

Alexandre Froger

UpdatePulse Server allows developers to provide updates for software packages, including WordPress plugins and themes.
Some example use cases:
<ul>
<li>provide updates for premium plugins or themes, with a license key</li>
<li>provide custom theme or plugin updates to clients of a webdesign agency and not intended for the general public</li>
<li>provide updates for a desktop software that integrates with UpdatePulse Server’s update and license API</li>
</ul>
Packages may be either uploaded directly, or downloaded automatically from configured Version Control Systems, public or private. 
Package updates may require a license ; both packages and licenses can be managed through an API or a user interface within UpdatePulse Server.
<h3>Important notes</h3>
The target audience of this plugin is developers, not end-users.
Zip PHP extension is required.
For more information, available APIs, functions, actions and filters, see <a href="https://github.com/anyape/updatepulse-server/blob/main/README.md" rel="nofollow ugc">the plugin’s full documentation</a>.
Make sure to read the full documentation and the content of the “Help” tab under “UpdatePulse Server” settings before opening an issue or contacting the author.
<h3>Overview</h3>
This plugin adds the following major features to WordPress:
<ul>
<li>Package management: to manage update packages, showing a listing with Package Name, Version, Type, File Name, Size, File Modified and License Status; includes bulk operations to delete and download, and the ability to delete all the packages.</li>
<li>Add Packages: Upload update packages from a local machine to the server, or download them to the server from a Version Control System.</li>
<li>Version Control Systems: Instead of manually uploading packages, use Version Control Systems to host packages, and download them to UpdatePulse Server automatically. Supports Bitbucket, Github and Gitlab, as well as self-hosted installations of Gitlab.</li>
<li>Cloud Storage: Instead of storing packages on the file system where UpdatePulse Server is installed, they can be stored on a cloud storage service, as long as it is compatible with Amazon S3’s API. Examples: Amazon S3, Cloudflare R2, Backblaze B2, MinIO, and many more!</li>
<li>UpdatePulse Server does not install executable code from the Version Control System onto your installation of WordPress, and does not track your activity. It is designed to only store packages and licenses, and to provide updates when they are requested.</li>
<li>Licenses: manage licenses with License Key, Registered Email, Status, Package Type, Package Slug, Creation Date, and Expiration Date; add and edit them with a form, or use the API for more control. Licenses prevent packages from being updated without a valid license. Licenses Keys are generated automatically by default and the values are unguessable (it is recommended to keep the default). When checking the validity of licenses, an extra license signature is also checked to prevent the use of a license on more than the configured allowed domains.</li>
<li>API: UpdatePulse Server provides APIs to manage packages and licenses. The APIs keys are secured with a system of tokens: the API keys are never shared over the network, acquiring a token requires signed payloads, and the tokens have a limited lifetime. For more details about tokens and security, see <a href="https://github.com/anyape/updatepulse-server/blob/main/docs/misc.md#nonce-api" rel="nofollow ugc">the Nonce API documentation</a>.</li>
</ul>
To connect their plugins or themes and UpdatePulse Server, developers can find integration examples in the <a href="https://github.com/Anyape/updatepulse-server-integration" rel="nofollow ugc">UpdatePulse Server Integration Examples</a> repository – theme and plugin examples rely heavily on the popular <a href="https://github.com/YahnisElsts/plugin-update-checker" rel="nofollow ugc">Plugin Update Checker</a> by <a href="https://github.com/YahnisElsts" rel="nofollow ugc">Yahnis Elsts</a>.
<h3>Companion Plugins</h3>
The following plugins are compatible with UpdatePulse Server and can be used to extend its functionality: 
* <a href="https://store.anyape.com/product/updatepulse-blocks/?wl=1" rel="nofollow ugc">Updatepulse Blocks</a>: a seamless way to display packages from UpdatePulse Server directly within your site using the WordPress Block Editor or shortcodes. 
* <a href="https://store.anyape.com/product/updatepulse-for-woocommerce/?wl=1" rel="nofollow ugc">UpdatePulse for WooCommerce</a>: a WooCommerce connector for UpdatePulse Server, allowing you to sell licensed packages through your WooCommerce store, either on the same WordPress installation or a separate store site.
Developers are encouraged to build plugins and themes <a href="https://github.com/anyape/updatepulse-server/blob/main/README.md" rel="nofollow ugc">integrated</a> with UpdatePulse Server, leveraging its publicly available functions, actions and filters, or by making use of the provided APIs.
If you wish to see your plugin added to this list, please <a href="mailto:updatepulse@anyape.com" rel="nofollow ugc">contact the author</a>.
<h3>Troubleshooting</h3>
Please read the plugin FAQ, there is a lot that may help you there!
UpdatePulse Server is regularly updated for compatibility, and bug reports are welcome, preferably on <a href="https://github.com/anyape/updatepulse-server/" rel="nofollow ugc">Github</a>. Pull Requests from developers following the <a href="https://github.com/WordPress/WordPress-Coding-Standards" rel="nofollow ugc">WordPress Coding Standards</a> (<code>WordPress-Extra</code> ruleset) are highly appreciated and will be credited upon merge.
In case the plugin has not been updated for a while, no panic: it simply means the compatibility flag has not been changed, and it very likely remains compatible with the latest version of WordPress. This is because it was designed with long-term compatibility in mind from the ground up.
Each bug report will be addressed in a timely manner if properly documented – previously unanswered general inquiries and issues reported on the WordPress forum may take significantly longer to receive a response (if any).
Only issues occurring with WordPress core, WooCommerce, and default WordPress themes (incl. WooCommerce Storefront) will be considered.
Troubleshooting involving 3rd-party plugins or themes will not be addressed on the WordPress support forum.

UpdatePulse Server

Run your own update server for plugins, themes or any other software: manage packages & licenses, and provide updates to your users.

Update Press – Keep your users informed about changes and updates vs UpdatePulse Server