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Git Updater Lite v3
Git Updater Lite is a Composer-distributed client library that lets plugin and theme developers receive automatic updates from a Git Updater server without exposing access tokens. Updates use HMAC-SHA256 signed URLs with a two-step download process for secure token-free delivery.
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Git Updater and OAuth
Git Updater delegates OAuth flows to an external connector service, keeping client secrets off the WordPress site while providing seamless token-based authentication for GitHub, GitLab, Bitbucket, and Gitea.
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The Hiatus is Over
The author announces a return to the WordPress ecosystem after a hiatus, focusing on the FAIR Package Manager project -- a decentralized and federated plugin and theme distribution system built on the ATProto protocol that reached MVP and launched at the Alt Ctrl Org Conference during WCEU 2025 in Basel.
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Update API Server
This post clarifies that Git Updater functions as an Update API Server rather than a direct update server since actual plugin and theme files are served from the git host, and describes virtual integration via the Additions tab along with a cache-flush REST endpoint for use with GitHub webhooks.
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Git Updater Lite
Git Updater Lite is a lightweight composer library that lets WordPress plugin and theme developers distribute updates outside of wp.org by pairing with a Git Updater-based Update API Server, offloading data-gathering to the server and keeping the embedded updater minimal.
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Git Remote Updater, the Personal Remote Management System
Git Remote Updater is a WordPress plugin that serves as a personal remote management system, letting developers push Git Updater-managed plugin and theme updates to multiple sites with a single click via REST API webhooks, organized either by repository or by site.
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Install a Zipfile with GitHub Updater
GitHub Updater gained the ability to install plugins and themes directly from a local zipfile path or remote URI, treating the zipfile as just another git host type in the Remote Install workflow to solve build-process dependency issues.
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GitHub Updater and Gitea
GitHub Updater gained support for Gitea, a lightweight self-hosted Go-based git server, through a collaborative pull request with community contributor Marco Berchart, with the integration being the simplest to add yet thanks to the Gitea API closely mirroring the GitHub API.
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GitHub Updater - the Path to 8
Version 8 of GitHub Updater raises the minimum PHP requirement to 5.6, introduces a more modular architecture with new hooks, adds automatic plugin renaming on activation, and improves the Settings UI with icons, tooltips, and WP-CLI and webhook support.