I've been working on a script that automatically downloads, installs and activates WordPress plugins. I wanted to share it with fellow users. Here's the solution I came up with:
HTML:
<input type="checkbox" name="plugins[]" value="backupwordpress|backupwordpress" checked="checked" /> Backupwordpress<br>
<input type="checkbox" name="plugins[]" value="google-analytics-dashboard-for-wp|gadwp" checked="checked" /> Google Analytics Dashboard for WP<br>
PHP:
if(isset($_POST['plugins'])){
if (is_array($_POST['plugins'])) {
foreach($_POST['plugins'] as $plugin){
$plugin = explode('|', $plugin);
echo "plugin value 1: " . $plugin[0];
echo "plugin value 2: " . $plugin[1];
echo $plugin[0] . ' selected' . '<br>';
$plugin_path = 'https://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/' . $plugin[0] . '.latest-stable.zip';
file_put_contents($plugin[0] . '.zip', file_get_contents($plugin_path));
print($plugin[0] . ' downloaded!' . '<br>');
$theme_extraction_directory = ('temp/' . $dirname . '/wp-content/plugins/');
$zip = new ZipArchive;
$res = $zip->open($plugin[0] . '.zip');
if ($res === TRUE) {
$zip->extractTo($theme_extraction_directory);
$zip->close();
print($plugin . ' unzipped!' . '<br><br>');
$active_plugins_count++;
$plugin_number++;
$plugin_file_path = $plugin[0] . '/' . $plugin[1] . '.php';
$string_char_count = strlen($plugin_file_path);
$active_plugins_beginning_part = 'a:' . $active_plugins_count . ':{';
$active_plugins_end_part = '}';
$active_plugins_string .= 'i:' . $plugin_number . ';s:' . $string_char_count . ':"' . $plugin_file_path . '";';
// DELETE THE PLUGIN ZIP FILE
unlink($plugin[0] . '.zip');
print($plugin[0] . '.zip file DELETED!' . '<br><br>');
} else {
print($plugin[0] . ' zip file NOT found!' . '<br><br>');
}
}
} else {
$plugin_path = 'https://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/' . $plugin[0] . '.latest-stable.zip';
file_put_contents($plugin[0] . '.zip', file_get_contents($plugin_path));
print($plugin[0] . ' downloaded!' . '<br>');
}
$full_active_plugin_string = $active_plugins_beginning_part . $active_plugins_string . $active_plugins_end_part;
print('Full plugin string: ' . $full_active_plugin_string . '<br><br>');
$no_active_plugins_string = 'a:0:{}';
$sql = "UPDATE wp_options SET option_value = '$full_active_plugin_string' WHERE option_name = 'active_plugins'";
if (mysql_query($sql, $link)) {
print("Active Plugins field " . $full_active_plugin_string . " updated successfully" . "<br><br>");
} else {
print('Error updating the active_plugins field: ' . mysql_error() . "<br><br>");
}
}
I recently discovered that the latest version of a WordPress plugin can be found at:
https://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/{plugin-name}.latest-stable.zip
The script works great but I had to include two values for each plugin checkbox, one representing the {plugin-name} and the other representing the filename that declares it a plugin in WordPress. It is disappointing that WordPress does not standardize this filename to something like plugin.php. That is why I had to add the second value to each plugin checkbox.
Anyway, this script works well but you do have to initially research the plugin name and plugin filename.. but I wanted to share it.
Which site can I post something that I want to share? I don't really have a question here.
