[Support request] Availability of Updates not shown, scripted update not possible.

[Content-Produktion]

GP (premium) is still one of the few plugins/themes that can not be managed on the command line, which is quite a hassle in an automated and/or dockerized environment.

See the screen shot https://ibb.co/5KTDWND from the latest update – while GP was updated without problems, there is not even a notificatioin available for GP-Premium Updates when doing checks with wp-cli. At the same time in the same installation the updates DO show up in the GUI. And since there is no fixed authenticated URL to download the latest updates , there is no way to perform a scripted update like we do for other plugins as a workaround. So everytime there is an Update for the paid versions of GP or GB, we have to fiddle around manually.

Within the scope of this support request I would at least ask for getting the status/update notification fixed in wp-cli so that we are at least notified about updates during the automated upgrade process. Also, having a FIXED URL for the latest version would then allow a scripted download/install of the updates. As a sample, this is how we do a workaround with another “stubborn” plugin:

The vendor offers the latest update with an (authenticated !) access unter a fixed URL:
“https://example.com/download/plugin-xxx/latest/?username=USERNAME&api_key=APIKEY”
So if we detect ( with wp plugin list ) the availablity of an update, we can install it easily with
wp plugin install "https://example.com/download/plugin-xxx/latest/?username=USERNAME&api_key=APIKEY" --force

I really hope that it will be possible to do automated / scripted updates some time soon … and, of course, for GenerateBlocks too 😉
Regards,
Ulrich

[Tom]

Hi Ulrich,

Our hands are kind of tied here, as our update system is managed by Easy Digital Downloads: https://easydigitaldownloads.com/downloads/software-licensing/

If enough people request this (we have, already), they may consider implementing a fix. As of right now, I don’t believe there’s a way to supply a fixed URL.

Ideally, it needs to be updated to at least work with WP-CLI. We’ll try to carve out some time to dig through the system to see if it’s something we can fix on our end and provide a patch for.

Sorry for the inconvenience!

[Michal]

I second this request. I use GeneratePress on a number of sites managed via wp-cli and it is annoying when I have to open the web administration one by one just because of gp-premium. If a solution could be found, it would be a huge time saver for me.

[Content-Produktion]

Tom,
thanks for your reply! Seems like you are locked in at this vendor?

So basically what you say is that even you (i.e. the authors/owners of the plugin ) can not fix it in a way that at least the updates are SHOWING UP in wpcli? That is hard to imagine. I appreciate that you are going to check a workaround.

While the way how authentication, licensing and downloads are handled might be disputable, I think that not showing updates in wpcli is a bug – be it on your end or at the end of the digital-something company.

I can only say that for every feature request I get for my wordpress sites, I put in a lot of effort into finding a free plugin or writing custom code to avoid paid solutions, not because we can not afford the licenses but just because of the management hassles.

If I can support your feature requests at easy(?)digitaldownloads, let me know how. I feel like I could supply an angry rant about paying customers being treated worse than the ones using only free versions 😉

Thanks and best regards
Ulrich

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