Plugin Central is a WordPress plugin management add-on to automatically install and update WordPress plugins.
Plugin Central Dashboard View. Active Plugins are in Bold
Features:
- Install plugins directly by typing the Name of plugin or URL to the plugin zip file!
- Multiple-plugin install feature allows you to move your plugins from one blog to another
- Displays status of out-dated plugins on the Dashboard
- Option to update all out-dated plugins with a single click!
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Installation & Usage
- Upload the whole plugin folder to your /wp-content/plugins/ folder.
- Go to the Plugins page and activate the plugin.
- You will see the new item on your Dashboard
Options panel allows you to install multiple plugins by name, directly from WordPress repository! Type the plugin names and click "Install Plugins".
You can also list all of your plugins (or only active). By pasting this list into the install window on another blog you can basically move all of your plugins from one blog to another. More precisely the latest versions of selected plugins will be installed on the target blog.
Dashboard will list status of plugin in need to update and offer installation of all of them at once with a single click.
The plugin will not work together with WordPress Automatic Upgrade plugin at this time, I am working on fixing this issue.
Screenshots
Plugin Central Options Panel
Changelog
v2.3
- NEW: Completely rewritten the plugin
- NEW: Using core function to update multiple files
v2.0
- Support for WP2.8
v1.31
- Added plugin delete and ignore updates
v1.20:
- Added a new function for handling files
- Moved the options page to plugin administration
Apr 07th, 2008 v1.1
- Added support to install plugins directly from URL
Apr 03rd, 2008 v1.0
- Initial release
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170 Comments
As someone who's been using WordPress back when it was in its beta stages, I have to say that has to be one of the best plugins I've seen, in all the time WP's been around. It's already saving me so much time. I hate getting into my FTP for a system that I usually don't have to do that for.
Great work. Thank you!
Feature Request:
How about adding upload from local computer ?
I really like the "ignore list" feature of your plugin, but I don't need the rest. I'd rather not have all that extra information on my dashboard. Have you made a plugin that only has that feature?
This is a great plug in :)
Does the new version of wordpress 2.6 offer this? I was about to download, but let me know, if this is already on WP 2.6 Thx!
Also how do you get your comments to show up in reverse order?
Drew: My plugin Theme Test Drive does just that among other things
This plug-in is fantastic, particularly the ease with which one can install a new plug-in by simply copying and pasting the URL. Similar functionality would be equally as handy for installing themes. Perhaps that would fall under a new and different plug-in. Either way, having a place to copy and paste the URL to install a plug-in and another one for installing themes should be standard on WordPress.
Thanks for such a wonderful plugin. Saves a lot of time when setting up new installations of WordPress for clients and friends.
WordPress 2.6 is out any day now and it will feature integrated plugin delete option so I figured no point in adding that now.
Does the delete feature only apply to out-of-date plugins? How about plugins that are up-to-date but that I no longer want… can those be deleted using Plugin Central?
It fixed the "ignore" problem, all seems to be working fine now. ;)
Thanks
Marco, v1.40 coming up today let me know if that fixes the ignore issue.
Thank you dan. Isn't there a way to let the plugin avoid doing this? Or the server settings force it to behave in this way?
I wish I solve this problem soon.
Hey guys, here is tip, but keep it secret!
Place the latest wordpress zip file URL in the Plugin Central page and click Install!
Example: http://wordpress.org/wordpress-2.6-beta2.zip
Go to your plugins folder and you should see an unzipped "wordpress" folder there!
Ok move the files in the wordpress folder (DON'T move wp-content folder & wp-config.php file) to your root directory and voila you've upgraded your wordpress files!
Cool huh? ;)
Hi,
The plugin list shows fine on the dashboard. When I click on the "ignore" option, a javascript windows pops-up, I click ok and a text saying "[plugin name] added to ignore list." appears on the dashboard. Still, the plugin doesn't disapear from the list of plugins to update. If I go to the plugin central configuration panel, the "ignore list" is still empty.
Do you have any idea of what can be going on?
Thanks
I'm still unclear: is there a way to use Plugin Central to delete ANY of my existing plugins? If so, how and on which screen?
Thanks for that update Dan. I hope we can produce a working solution within a plugin for this.
I have the same issue but only on a few plugins.. it has to do with file ownership and file permissions and how the plugins were uploaded.
I have the problem because I screwed up my file permissions and ownership a few months ago and have been too lazy to fix it.
Basically when you install a plugin from inside the WordPress admin (using plugin-central) it will grab the files and install them most likely using the user/group "apache:apache" .
When you log in to your Cpanel or FTP client and upload files they receive a user/group similar to "username:groupname" or "username:apache" etc.. Files that WordPress adds as apache:apache mean that users on the server must have the same access level/write permission to modify those files otherwise you get a permission denied error.
If you are using shared hosting contact your web host. if you are a dedicated or vps start looking at your ownership and file permission settings.
I dont believe this is related to the plugin itself but how your server is set up.
hope that helps
I tested Plugin Central on several blogs and didn't encounter such a problem. Problem can be server settings regarding external download and unpack of plugins and I hope you and others experiencing these problems can provide more hints about it.
Hello Vladimir,
I am experiencing an issue & am not sure if it has something to do with the settings of the server.
The plugins which I install through Plugin Central can't be deleted or renamed from the Cpanel. I always get a message that I don't have this permission, though I manage other plugins with no restrictions.
Would you please clarify if this is due to the plugin itself?
Thank you.
Update:
Okay, I see where there are 4 options (including "delete") for each plugin that needs updating. But does that mean the delete feature only applies to out-of-date plugins? How about plugins that are up-to-date but that I no longer want… can those be deleted using Plugin Central?
This plugin has been a godsend! (Wait, does that mean Vladimir is god?)
My only issue with the latest version (1.31) is that I cannot figure out how to actually delete plugins. Can someone help?
Thanks!
Well WordPress 2.6 is bringing plugin deletion anyway and the beta is already out. I made it this way so you can delete those annoying plugins that update every day (like mine when I do a lot of changes lol).
Another idea for improvement: delete-choice when choosing "list all plugins" - then I never ever have to use the ftp-app again :)
Dan that was a small warning message that I fixed now. You should not see it again.