Shiny Updates
Shiny Updates
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
- 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.
- Update one specific item, a theme or a plugin.
- Try updating all items in the table.
- Share your feedback. Or if you found a bug, create an issue on GitHub.
Questions
- What were the noticeable differences in the new install/update/activate/delete process compared to the old one without Shiny Updates?
- How did installing and activating a plugin or theme go? Was it difficult or easy? Was it faster or slower than expected?
- Do you have any further comments or suggestions?
Screenshots
Reviews
Amazing!
By Cadu de Castro Alves (cadudecastroalves) on June 2, 2017
Perfect
By Anselm (aurban) on September 3, 2016
Perfect
Really loved this plugin!
By Lu Is (kalimanmx) on September 3, 2016
What a nicer experience with plugins!
Thanks for this awesome plugin. This should be the regular way to use the plugin section!
I can't understand any rating below 5 stars.
NO roll-back?
By wpvince on September 3, 2016
I was really hoping this would have ability to roll-back an install or update.
Never mind, I'll keep dreaming ...
Great job
By Mosche (mosche) on September 3, 2016
I really like this plugin. It saves a lot of time.
I do miss the ability to immediately activate a plugin once it's installed.
But it's definitely faster. To install new plugins.
Keep up the good work.
Nice
By paulnl on September 3, 2016
Nice and should be in the core.
Not sure if it shows errors if an install goes wrong, does it?
Need more features
By John (DPINC) on September 3, 2016
Overall it is good but need email notification and individual theme/plugin enable/disable updates
Love to see this in core
By Yakti-R (yakti-ruud) on September 3, 2016
The user experience is just so much better.
Wow!
By XPOL555 on September 3, 2016
This should be a wordpress integrated feature!
Needs to be in core
By Mitch Menghi (menkom) on September 3, 2016
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

