Update notice

[BassemN]

Hello,
I'm using the latest version from the develop branch. Is there any way to display an admin notice if there are available updates for the bundled plugins?
Thanks

[jrfnl]

@BassemN Yes there is.
As the filename is the only info we have available and not all filenames contain version numbers and some may contain completely arbitrary other numbers, there is no way for TGMPA to know there is an update, so you need to add the version argument to the plugins array you're passing to TGMPA and set this to the new version you're including. So something along the lines of:

$plugins = array(
    array(
        'name'               => 'TGM Example Plugin', // The plugin name.
        'slug'                 => 'tgm-example-plugin',
        'source'             => get_stylesheet_directory() . '/lib/plugins/tgm-example-plugin.zip',
        'required'           => true,
        'version'             => '1.1.0',
    ),
);

Hope this helps.

[GaryJones]

@jrfnl If it's not already, this needs to be in the new FAQ so you can easily point to it :-)

[BassemN]

@jrfnl thanks for your reply.
I did this already and no admin notice is displayed when there is an update.
I think my issue related to issue #353

[jrfnl]

@BassemN Ah, then that's another issue and with #353 being open, it will be addressed (at some point).

@GaryJones It already is + has this info on the configuration page with the parameter explanation.

[BassemN]

@jrfnl so I think you should move issue #353 to 2.5 milestone

[jrfnl]

@BassemN While I agree that it needs to be addressed, I think you might underestimate the complexity of it. The way plugins are registered now, I don't see much possibility to really get it working as it should. With the changes we propose in the v3.0 roadmap #394 I believe we can address this properly.