WTBI Background Updates Ignore Git
If you find that WordPress automatic background updates are not working on your website, it may be because you have Version Control files in the root of your WordPress instillation. This plugin will fix the issue by setting WordPress to ignore version control files (.git or .svn) in the root directory.
Usage
Before Installing this plugin we recommend you first try to investigate why automatic updates are not working on your site. The best way to do this is to install the Background Update Tester plugin, which is built by the official WordPress.org team.
Once you have installed and activated Background Update Tester, go to Dashboard → Update Tester.
Go ahead and install our plugin if you see a screen which looks like the following…
PASS: Your WordPress install can communicate with WordPress.org securely.
FAIL: The folder
/path_to_your_site/example.com/was detected as being under version control (.git).PASS: Your installation of WordPress doesn’t require FTP credentials to perform updates.
PASS: All of your WordPress files are writable.
This site is not able to apply these updates automatically. But we’ll email email@example.com when there is a new security release.
Once you have installed and activated our plugin go back to the Update Tester screen, which should now look more like this…
PASS: Your WordPress install can communicate with WordPress.org securely.
INFO: The folder
/path_to_your_site/example.com/was detected as being under version control (.git), but the automatic_updates_is_vcs_checkout filter is allowing updates.PASS: Your installation of WordPress doesn’t require FTP credentials to perform updates.
PASS: All of your WordPress files are writable.
This site is able to apply these updates automatically. Cool!
^^That’s better!
Download & install the zip archive
The plugin package installer can be downloaded from the WP2E project tab called “code”.
1 – Select the version to download if this option is available otherwise the “latest” version of the main plugin will be used.
2 – After downloading the zip archive install the plugin package installer in you local environment and activate the script from the plugin list.
3 – Under the section “Plugins” of the admin dashboard you should see a new “Dependencies & Licenses” link. Follow the instructions from this panel to finalize the installation of the missing dependencies.
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- Give a name to your project
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- Download the Installer Package
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- Install & activate the plugin locally
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- Install the suggested dependencies
Tips: Use the WP2E panel to add/suggest new dependencies to the local installation. Press F5 in the list of dependencies if the changes are not displayed right away.