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Updates to Slack is a WordPress plugin that informs of Core, Plugin and Theme updates, that are required on your WordPress installation, to one or mor …

Author:	Alex Cooper (profile at wordpress.org)
WordPress version required:	4.0
WordPress version tested:	6.1.1
Plugin version:	2.1.0
Added to WordPress repository:	02-02-2021
Last updated:	10-02-2023
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Total downloads:	1 692
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Updates to Slack is a WordPress plugin that informs of Core, Plugin and Theme updates, that are required on your WordPress installation, to one or more Slack channels. It does so on a daily, weekly or monthly schedule at a time of your choosing.

Special Features

Multiple Slack Channels: Allows you to send notifications to one or more Slack channels, using Slack’s Block Kit
Scheduled Updates: Alerts are triggered at a time you set, on either daily, weekly or monthly intervals
Test Option: Check that your alerts are being sent without waiting on the schedule
Ignore Plugins and Themes: Choose which individual plugins and themes you don’t want to know about, when an update is available
Content Permissions: Gives you control over which users (by role) have access to post content.
Secure: Slack webhooks are sent from your WordPress site, on a secure URL to your Slack channel(s)
Reporting: See when a notification was last triggered and what the result was

Support

If you require support from me, the plugin author, you are welcome to contact me directly and place a request.

Feedback

If there is further functionality that would bring additional value to this plugin, please let me know.

Copyright and License

This project is licensed under the GNU GPL, version 2 or later. 2020 – 2023 © Alex Cooper.

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FAQ

Where do I get a Slack web hook from?

See Slack webhooks. You can usually get a URL from your Slack account by going to Settings & Administration -> Manage Apps -> Custom Integrations and creating an Incoming Webhook.

Why is the automated alert not working?

This runs off the WordPress scheduler so you would need to make sure that your WordPress cron is set up and running.

Why Ignore Plugins and Themes?

The idea behind this was that you may have plugins that, should an update occur, would deprecate functionality on your site and updating it isn’t an option then you may not want to hear via every scheduled alert that there’s an update out the for it. Similarly, with themes, you may be keeping a native WordPress theme, such as twenty twenty-one for troubleshooting but you don’t actually need to immediately address any available updates for it.

Are there security concerns?

It isn’t advised to keep a WordPress site on a live environment with updates required. The purpose of this plugin is quick notification, straight to your screen, of when updates are needed / available, especially with the Core of WordPress (which is why you’re unable to “ignore” a Core update). The purpose behind ignoring plugins and themes is designed to reduce “notification overload” so that you’re in control of the alerts you are sent and aren’t bombarded with needless information for themes and plugins that you don’t need to be informed about.

What are the plugin’s limitations?

This plugin has been tested on WordPress core versions 4.0 onwards.
This plugin has been tested on a WordPress Multisite environment.
If there’s a demand to continue to add further functionality to this plugin then I am open to doing so. In the meantime I intend to keep it working on new versions of WordPress.
The plugin author accepts no liability for any losses or damage caused as a result of this plugin not alerting to updates.

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