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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171 Comments
Thanks for this plugin :)
I have downloaded it now and will be testing it soon. I need something like this as I have many clients that require some plugins. It also helps me as I can get my new sites up faster.
Unfortunately, at present, with a multisite setup, network activated plugins are shown as inactive in the plugins list for every site.
Plugin Central is a great plugin that I've used since learning about/discovering it. But today, for some odd reason, after I just updated it from 2.2.1 plus some other stuff it stopped working.
The dashboard link at the top no longer appears, nor the page which listed everything that needed to be updated. i.e., after I used it last night, it went away.
What should I check/do? Can you advise please?
Thank you!
I just activated Plugin Central with WordPress 3.2.1 and I can find Plugin Central under Plugins and when you click it, you will find the one you are looking for.
Hope that helps.
Hi,
Is there a chance that you can add Ignore option for plugins that are gone commercial and there is no way to update them (unless you pay and upload manually). Here is one example:
http://cyberoto.com/uploads/wpmu_paid.jpg
I have altered the code on line 290 in the class file to:
printf(__('%1$s %3$s download (automatic update unavailable). Ignore'), $p['Name'], $r->url, $r->new_version, urlencode("index.php?action=pc_ignore&file=" . $file . "&name=" . $p["Name"]));
and it's working fine.
Regards,
Hi,
Can you show me how to move all my plugins to another WP blog? I have listed all my active plugins but am not sure how to actually transfer them to another blog. What is the steps for doing that? Thanks :)