Description
Scans automatically, twice a day, all of your installed plugins against the WordPress Plugin Directory for outdated plugins and email an alert for update.
What k-OutDated Checker (k-OC) Does
k-OC stands for k-OutDated Checker. k-OC scans automatically, twice a day, all your installed plugins against the WordPress Plugin Directory for outdated plugins and email an alert for immediate update.
History
k-OC got its start when I had to maintain a lot of WordPress installations which their owners didn’t care much about maintenance and security.
Included Languages
- English (default)
- Greek (el)
If you want to help out, I have included the .pot file in /language folder. You can send them to [email protected]
Screenshots
This is how the email alert will look like if plugins are not up-to-date.
Installation
After downloading and extracting the latest version of k-OC:
- Upload the folder
k-outdated-plugin-checker-k-opcto the/wp-content/plugins/directory. - Activate the plugin through the ‘Plugins’ menu in WordPress.
- That’s all!
FAQ
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I have activated the plugin. Now what?
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- You don’t have to do anything else! k-OutDated Checker will scan all your plugins against the WordPress Plugin Directory (twice a day) and alert the administrator of your website (by email) if at least one plugin is outdated.
Reviews
Contributors & Developers
“k-OutDated Checker (k-OC)” is open source software. The following people have contributed to this plugin.
Contributors
“k-OutDated Checker (k-OC)” has been translated into 1 locale. Thank you to the translators for their contributions.
Translate “k-OutDated Checker (k-OC)” into your language.
Interested in development?
Browse the code, check out the SVN repository, or subscribe to the development log by RSS.
Changelog
1.3 25/08/2020
- ENHANCEMENT: Use of CURL instead of file_get_contents().
- FIX: PHP Notice: Undefined variable: found_outdated.
1.2.3 08/02/2018
- ENHANCEMENT: Changed how the version of the plugins is checked against the WordPress Plugin Directory.
- NEW: Show next to current the new version of the plugin that needs update.
- Update the “Tested up to” in readme.txt.
1.2.1.1 10/10/2017
- NEW: Added “Minimum PHP Version Requirement” in readme.txt.
- Update the “Tested up to” in readme.txt.
1.2.1 17/09/2015
- NEW: Added the k-outdated-plugin-checker-k-opc.pot file in languages folder.
- NEW: Added translation for Greek.
1.2 17/09/2015
- ENHANCEMENT: Internationalizing the plugin (accepting translations).
- ENHANCEMENT: Implementation of WordPress “PHP Coding Standards” (https://make.www.ads-software.com/core/handbook/best-practices/coding-standards/php/).
1.1 05/05/2015
- FIX: Check only for plugins that exist in WordPress Plugin Directory.
- FIX: Send email alert only when at least one plugin is outdated.
1.0 (First Release) 04/05/2015
- This is the initial release of k-OC.