U-M Wordpress Github Updater

Provides the ability to update a wordpress plugin using Github instead of wordpress.

Installation & Usage

Add composer package to your plugin

composer require umdigital/wordpress-github-updater

Update Plugin Header

Add the following to your plugins header

Update URI: https://github.com/GITHUB_ACCOUNT/GITHUB_REPO

Initialize the library

include 'vendor/umdigital/wordpress-github-updater/github-updater.php';
// Initialize Github Updater
new \Umich\GithubUpdater\Init([
'repo' => 'its-cloudflare/umich-cloudflare',
'slug' => plugin_basename( __FILE__ ),
]);

Create / Update your build process

For best support it is recommended to add a release workflow that will automatically package the plugin into a wordpress compatible zip file. The default github source archives cause irregular plugin folder naming during install and updates. There are some options of workflows in the examples directory. These workflows will create a release when a tag is pushed to the repo. The one with composer in the name will also add composer dependencies to the package. This will create a release asset in the format of [REPO_NAME]-[TAG_NAME].zip.

Configuration

Initialization Options

Option	Required	Default	Description
repo	Yes		Path to your github repo e.g. umdigital/wordpress-github-updater
slug	Yes		Plugin slug e.g. my-plugin/my-plugin.php, can use plugin_basename( __FILE__ )
config	No	wordpress.json	See below for options
changelog	No	CHANGELOG	Provide Changelog information in the plugin info admin panel
description	No	README.md	Provide plugin information in the plugin info admin panel
cache_timeout	No	21600 (6 hours)	How long to cache github plugin data

Config File (wordpress.json) Options

Option	Required	Description
requires	No	Minimum Wordpress Version
tested	No	Maximum Wordpress Version Tested
requires_php	No	Minimum PHP Version required
banners:low	No	Plugin info banner image (750 x 250)
banners:high	No	Plugin info banner image (1500 x 500)