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  • Smash API Rate Limit & More

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    So GitHub Updater just received a couple of new features in version 4.3.0. At the suggestion of @mlteal, there is now a setting to add a personal GitHub Access Token. You must at least select public_repos. What this does is blast away the limit of 60 API calls per hour and raises it to 5000…

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  • GitHub Updater 4.1.0

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    GitHub Updater v4.1.0 has been pushed and tagged. Thanks to My Bug Reporters First, I need to thank Jeremy Saxey, Matt Redford, and w33zy for their bug reports and help in squishing them. Some bugs are difficult to reproduce as everyone’s installation is a bit different. What this means is that some bugs when a…

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  • GitHub Updater and Remote Installation

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    So GitHub Updater v4.0.0 is out. It includes a huge refactoring and now requires PHP 5.3 or better. GitHub Updater now uses namespacing and PSR 4 autoloading. I read a recent WP Tavern article and showed me what others are doing in the same space. I was intrigued. WP Pusher has done terrific work in…

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  • Refactoring and Autoloaders

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    There are always a couple of plugins that require either constant care and upkeep or you just want to keep making them better. I have 2 plugins that I put more care and feeding into than others. These are GitHub Updater and The Events Calendar Category Colors. Both of these projects are free and open…

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  • Private Bitbucket Repositories

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    A new update to GitHub Updater reorganizes the Settings page. Now the individual user enters their Bitbucket username and password. They must have at least Read privileges for each private Bitbucket repository. The next section of the Settings page has a checkbox for identifying private Bitbucket repositories. This setup should allow developers to add clients…

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  • Automatic Plugin & Theme Updating From GitHub – Part 3

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    I’ve been doing a lot of tweaking to GitHub Updater. The plugin now runs on the front-end and only for privileged users. This allows for a couple of things. It makes less overhead for the non-admin user. Second it allows for update services to do their thing. I’ve tested with several update services and iThemes…

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