The Illusive Man

This plugin updates the following scripts to the latest stable versions: 
– jQuery + jQuery-Migrate 
– jQuery UI 
– jQuery Color 
– jQuery Form 
– jQuery Masonry 
– and so on
And adds some new scripts to WP: 
– Genericons Font (not script, but still awesome – integrated) 
– Classie – class helper functions 
– Prefix Free 
– Modernizr 
– jQuery Mobile 
– Sizzle 
– jQuery Cookie 
– jQuery Lazy Load (auto)
For IE: 
– Selectivizr 
– PIE 
– html5shiv
So now you shouldn’t download and connect manually these plugins separately for all your best themes. 
Just type, for example, ‘wp_enqueue_script(‘modernizr’)’ or ‘wp_enqueue_style(‘genericons’)’ and it will be enough!
<h3>How to use it</h3>
It’s as easy as pie. This list will show you which plugins you can use just like it said in the official WP documentation. 
Scripts with ‘wp_enqueue_script($handle)’ and stylesheets with ‘wp_enqueue_style($handle)’.
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Scripts and their handles: <<< 
 Classie -> classie, 
 Prefix Free -> prefixfree, 
 Selectivizr -> selectivizr, 
 html5shiv -> html5shiv, 
 html5shiv-printshiv -> html5shiv-printshiv, 
 PIE -> PIE, 
 Modernizr -> modernizr, 
 Sizzle -> sizzle, 
 Underscore -> underscore, 
 Backbone -> backbone, 
 jQuery -> jquery, 
 jQuery Cookie -> jquery-cookie, 
 jQuery Form -> jquery-form, 
 jQuery Color -> jquery-color, 
 jQuery Masonry -> jquery-masonry, 
 jQuery UI Complete Set -> jquery-ui, 
 jQuery UI Core -> jquery-ui-core, 
 jQuery UI Widget -> jquery-ui-widget, 
 jQuery UI Mouse -> jquery-ui-mouse, 
 jQuery UI Accordion -> jquery-ui-accordion, 
 jQuery UI Autocomplete -> jquery-ui-autocomplete, 
 jQuery UI Slider -> jquery-ui-slider, 
 jQuery UI Tabs -> jquery-ui-tabs, 
 jQuery UI Tooltip -> jquery-ui-tooltip, 
 jQuery UI Spinner -> jquery-ui-spinner, 
 jQuery UI Sortable -> jquery-ui-sortable, 
 jQuery UI Draggable -> jquery-ui-draggable, 
 jQuery UI Droppable -> jquery-ui-droppable, 
 jQuery UI Selectable -> jquery-ui-selectable, 
 jQuery UI Progressbar -> jquery-ui-progressbar, 
 jQuery UI Position -> jquery-ui-position, 
 jQuery UI Menu -> jquery-ui-menu, 
 jQuery UI Datepicker -> jquery-ui-datepicker, 
 jQuery UI Resizable -> jquery-ui-resizable, 
 jQuery UI Dialog -> jquery-ui-dialog, 
 jQuery UI Button -> jquery-ui-button, 
 jQuery UI Effects -> jquery-effects-core, 
 jQuery UI Effects – Blind -> jquery-effects-blind, 
 jQuery UI Effects – Bounce -> jquery-effects-bounce, 
 jQuery UI Effects – Clip -> jquery-effects-clip, 
 jQuery UI Effects – Drop -> jquery-effects-drop, 
 jQuery UI Effects – Explode -> jquery-effects-explode, 
 jQuery UI Effects – Fade -> jquery-effects-fade, 
 jQuery UI Effects – Fold -> jquery-effects-fold, 
 jQuery UI Effects – Highlight -> jquery-effects-highlight, 
 jQuery UI Effects – Pulsate -> jquery-effects-pulsate, 
 jQuery UI Effects – Scale -> jquery-effects-scale, 
 jQuery UI Effects – Shake -> jquery-effects-shake, 
 jQuery UI Effects – Slide -> jquery-effects-slide, 
 jQuery UI Effects – Transfer -> jquery-effects-transfer,
Stylesheets and their handles: <<< 
 Genericons Font -> genericons, 
 jQuery UI Complete -> jquery-ui, 
 jQuery Mobile Default Theme -> jquery-mobile-default-theme, 
 jQuery Mobile Structure Only -> jquery-mobile-structure,
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WP Scripts Updater

Update Wordpress scripts and add some new by using this plugin.

Patabugen

Integrates WordPress with Browsersync to trigger events like reload when you edit pages.
The plugin also only triggers a reload for now. If you have requests or ideas for other functionality, get in touch.
Since you (should) disable this plugin on production sites, the WordPress stats won’t be reliable – if you find the plugin useful I’d really appreciate it if you’d let me know with a quick email or message!
<h4>Triggers</h4>
By default the plugin will trigger a reload on these actions:
<ul>
<li>save_post – Editing posts/pages/custom posts etc</li>
<li>added_option – Changing settings</li>
<li>attachment_updated – Editing media fields (caption etc)</li>
<li>updated_postmeta – Covers many things, particularly regenerating media thumbnails. Some meta_fields are ignored (see <code>trigger_browsersync_irrelevant_meta_keys</code>)</li>
<li>activated_plugin</li>
<li>deactivated_plugin</li>
<li>delete_widget</li>
</ul>
you can customise this as well as other Browsersync settings using filters:
<pre><code>add_filter('trigger_browsersync_reload_actions', function($filters) {
 // Remove a default. Bear in mind that one action you take (e.g. saving a page)
 // may trigger more than one hook.
 unset($filters['save_post']);
 // Add your own. The key name lets other filters remove it (like the line above)
 $filters['wp_logout'] = 'wp_logout';
 return $filters;
});
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<h4>Ignoring Meta Keys</h4>
Not all meta_key updates (triggered by <code>updated_postmeta</code>) have any impact on the front-end functioning of your site. You can customise which <code>meta_key</code> values are ignored with the <code>trigger_browsersync_irrelevant_meta_keys</code> filter:
<pre><code>add_filter('trigger_browsersync_irrelevant_meta_keys', function($filters) {
 // Remove a default.
 unset($filters['_edit_lock']);
 // Add your own. The key name lets other filters remove it (like the line above)
 $filters['_edit_lock'] = '_edit_lock';
 return $filters;
});
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<h4>Configuration with Filters</h4>
The default Browsersync settings will be used (<code>http://localhost:3000</code>) but you can use filters to change them. The filters are used every time the trigger is activated so you don’t need to set them before instanciating the class.
<pre><code>add_filter('trigger_browsersync_protocol', function(){ return 'https'; } );
add_filter('trigger_browsersync_host', function(){ return 'dev.server'; } );
add_filter('trigger_browsersync_port', function(){ return '4321'; } );
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Or you can specify the whole URL which will cause the others to be ignored, but don’t include a trailing slash.
<pre><code>add_filter('trigger_browsersync_url', function(){ return 'http://localhost:3000'; } );
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<h4>Environmental Configuration</h4>
Since you probably only want Browsersync on your development or staging site, the plugin will do nothing once you activate it it in WordPress.
To make it work, you’ll want to create a file to activate it. See Installation for instructions.
<h4>Logging Activity</h4>
Trigger Browsersync can log events to the WordPress log – this is especially useful for development on the plugin when you want to add or exclude a new event from triggering an action.
To enable logging add this filter to your <code>enable-trigger-browsersync.php</code> file (see Installation);
<pre><code>add_filter('trigger_browsersync_log_events', '__return_true');
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Trigger Browsersync

Thank goodness we have the Trigger Browsersync WordPress plugin by Sami Greenbury. And, I love the way it piggy backs onto Browsersync (loose coupling).

You will need to follow the install instructions carefully. And, the big prerequisite is knowing how to set up Browsersync of course. Knowing Gulp would be even better. If you aren't comfortable wading through PHP and JavaScript, this plugin might be too intimidating. But, I highly recommend giving it a try because it will save you tons of dev time. Assuming you have a local WordPress dev env and are working on a lot of WordPress sites.

I did find a teeny bug (typo) that can be easily fixed. If you run into it too, then change "emssage" to "message" on line 275 in the trigger-browsersync.php file. I posted about this in the support forum. 

If you have any issues at all with the set up, I suggest turning on your PHP debugging and telling the Trigger Browsersync plugin to log events via a filter. See the plugin details page.

A couple FYIs 

1) This plugin does not seem to watch PHP and CSS updates. I have Gulp file that instantiates Browsersync reloads my browser on any PHP and CSS file changes. This setup runs perfectly with this plugin. I didn't have to change a thing in my Gulp file. 

2) There has not been any plugin updates for 9 months at the time of this post.

What a time saver!

Integrates WordPress with Browsersync to trigger events like Reload when you edit pages and settings.

WP Scripts Updater vs Trigger Browsersync