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Vendor wp-forge Package wp-upgrade-handler Short Description A drop-in library for handling upgrade routines in WordPress plugins and themes. License
GPL-2.0-or-later
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A drop-in library for handling upgrade routines in WordPress plugins and themes.
Installation
Run composer require wp-forge/wp-upgrade-handler
Make sure you require the vendor/autoload.php file in your project.
Usage
Here is an example of how to use this library in a WordPress plugin or theme:
If you just released version 1.4.1 of your plugin, but created upgrade routines for 1.4.1 and 1.3.9, anyone upgrading from version 1.3.8 or earlier would have both of those upgrade routines run automatically. If someone is upgrading from version 1.3.9 or greater, then only the 1.4.1 upgrade routine would be run.
Creating an Upgrade Routine
As an example, let's assume I just released version 1.4.1 of my plugin. The upgrade routine needs to change an option name in the database. All I need to do after adding the previous code from above is to create a file named 1.4.1.php in my upgrades directory.
The following would be the contents of that file:
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