Plugin info

Total downloads: 30,384
Active installs: 20
Total reviews: 14
Average rating: 4.8
Support threads opened: 0
Support threads resolved: 0 (0%)
Available in: 1 language(s)
Contributors: 16
Last updated: 9/27/2016 (3382 days ago)
Added to WordPress: 12/10/2015 (10 years old)
Minimum WordPress version: 4.6
Tested up to WordPress version: 4.6.30
Minimum PHP version: f

Maintenance & Compatibility

Maintenance score

Possibly abandoned • Last updated 3382 days ago • 14 reviews

24/100

Is Shiny Updates abandoned?

Possibly abandoned (last update 3382 days ago).

Compatibility

Requires WordPress: 4.6
Tested up to: 4.6.30
Requires PHP: f

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Description

Shiny Updates is a WordPress Core Feature Plugin.

It replaces The Bleak Screen of Sadness™ (example) with a simpler and more straight forward experience when installing, updating, and deleting plugins and themes.
Progress updates for these actions don’t add a benefit, they are disruptive and confusing. Shiny Updates deals with these details behind the scenes, leaving users with clear actions and results.

Development for this plugin takes place at GitHub.
To report bugs or feature requests, please use Github issues.

Testing

We need help testing the user flows! Please install the Shiny Updates plugin, run the tests below, and share your feedback in the #feature-shinyupdates channel in Slack or create an issue on GitHub.

Update core

  1. If you have any themes or plugins that need updating, update them. If you don’t have any that need updating, you can edit the them and change the version number to something older. Once saved, they will show as needing an update.
  2. Update one specific item, a theme or a plugin.
  3. Try updating all items in the table.
  4. Share your feedback. Or if you found a bug, create an issue on GitHub.

Questions

  1. What were the noticeable differences in the new install/update/activate/delete process compared to the old one without Shiny Updates?
  2. How did installing and activating a plugin or theme go? Was it difficult or easy? Was it faster or slower than expected?
  3. Do you have any further comments or suggestions?

Installation

No installation instructions available

Frequently Asked Questions

No FAQ available

Review feed

Mitch Menghi
9/3/2016

Needs to be in core

Why isnt this in core, who wants to see the ugly installation screen ? the only thing i would be worried about and hopefully is considered if there is a problem with installation does it give a valuable error ? other than that we must get rid of the ugly install screen's

Screenshots

  1. Existing plugin install process, showing The Bleak Screen of Sadness.

    Existing plugin install process, showing The Bleak Screen of Sadness.

  2. Plugin install process with Shiny Updates activated.

    Plugin install process with Shiny Updates activated.

Changelog

No changelog available