Updating WordPress

It wouldn’t be so tedious, if they would make things consistent. Well, maybe not consistent, but in-line with what I want.

First, when I have to update WordPress itself, I’m presented with a prompt to update on the control panel. There are two options, “Upgrade Automatically”, which I can’t use since I don’t like setting all my files to be writable by the web server. The other option is, “See vX.Y Details”. I click on that, which takes me a to a page (still on my website) which allows me to download a zip file. That doesn’t help much since I like to use the tarballs instead (Although, I have a bash script to update my installation for me). To get the tarball (without using the script), I have to go to the main WordPress website.

Upgrading the plugins is even more frustrating, since, for some reason, the plugin vendors insist on releasing a new version right after I install the last one. Multiply that by how many plugins I have, and it’s a pain. What’s frustrating about it, is that there are again two options: “Upgrade Automatically”, and “See version details”. Clicking on the details doesn’t lead to a download link. You have to go to the WordPress plugin page to get the latest zip file.

So, WordPress, here are some changes I would like to see:

• Link to plugin’s latest zip file in the update notification on the plugin’s page
• Link to WordPress’ latest tarball in the update notification in the control panel.

This would make it much easier for me to grab the links, switch to my ssh session and get them all at once.