Shiny UpdatesA Feature Plugin in Two Acts

Shiny UpdatesA behind the scenes look into 4.6’s freshest feature

Statement of Purpose

“Replace The Bleak Screen of Sadness™ with a simpler and more straight forward experience when installing, updating, and

deleting plugins and themes.”

New Updates Available(not an actual WordPress user)

Update In Progress…(actual WordPress user)

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Improving Updates

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History

• Started for WordPress 4.1.

• Added in WordPress 4.2.

• Continued for WordPress 4.6.

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WordPress 4.2

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Feature Plugins

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Shiny Updates v2

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Shiny Updates v2Plugins

• Install

• (Bulk) Update

• Delete

• Bulk actions

• Activate/Deactivate

Themes

• Install

• Update

• Delete

• Bulk actions

• Activate

–Jeff Chandler

“I do love how fast shiny updates are. Why are they so fast compared to the old way of updating? Is it magic?”

–Jeff Chandler

“I click the update link and within a second or two, it’s done. It’s what they call, amazeballs”

–Shrinivas

“Plugin and theme update process looks professional with this Shiny Updates plugin.”

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Demo!

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WordPress 4.6Shiny Updates

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Get Involved

• Chats: Tuesday, 19:00 GMT #feature-shinyupdates

• github.com/obenland/shiny-updates

• wordpress.org/plugins/shiny-updates

Konstantin Obenland@obenland

konstantin.obenland.it

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