* @license https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-2.0.txt GPL-2.0+ * @link https://github.com/boogah/plu-redux * * @wordpress-plugin * Plugin Name: Plugin Last Updated Redux * Version: 2.0.0 * Requires at least: 6.0 * Requires PHP: 7.4 * Author: Jason Cosper * Author URI: https://jasoncosper.com/ * License: GPL-2.0+ * License URI: https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-2.0.txt * Description: Display the last updated date for plugins in the WordPress Plugin Directory. */ // If this file is called directly, abort. if (! defined('WPINC') ) { die; } // This filter hook is used to add metadata to the plugin information row on the plugins page // It allows plugins to add additional information to the plugin row displayed in the Plugins screen add_filter( 'plugin_row_meta', 'plu_redux_plugin_meta', 10, 2 ); // This function adds a "Last Updated" meta field to the plugin information row function plu_redux_plugin_meta( $plugin_meta, $plugin_file ) { // Extract the plugin's slug from the plugin filename list( $slug ) = explode( '/', $plugin_file ); // Generate a unique hash of the plugin's slug $slug_hash = md5( $slug ); // Get the last updated date from the cache $last_updated = get_transient( "plu_redux_{$slug_hash}" ); // If the cache does not have the date, retrieve it from the WordPress API and cache it if ( false === $last_updated ) { $last_updated = plu_redux_get_last_updated( $slug ); set_transient( "plu_redux_{$slug_hash}", $last_updated, 86400 ); // cache for one day } // If we have a last updated date, add it to the plugin meta array if ( $last_updated ) { // Check if last update was more than 2 years ago $two_years_ago = strtotime('-2 years'); // get a Unix timestamp for 2 years ago $last_updated_timestamp = strtotime($last_updated); // get a Unix timestamp for the last updated date $is_old = $last_updated_timestamp < $two_years_ago; // check if the last updated date is older than 2 years $warning = $is_old ? '⚠️ ' : ''; // if the last updated date is older than 2 years, add a warning symbol $plugin_meta['last_updated'] = $warning . 'Last Updated: ' . esc_html( $last_updated ); // add the last updated date to the plugin meta array } return $plugin_meta; // return the modified plugin meta array } // This function retrieves the last updated date for a plugin from the WordPress API function plu_redux_get_last_updated( $slug ) { $request = wp_remote_post( 'https://api.wordpress.org/plugins/info/1.0/', // WordPress API endpoint for plugin information array( 'body' => array( 'action' => 'plugin_information', 'request' => serialize( (object) array( 'slug' => $slug, // plugin slug 'fields' => array( 'last_updated' => true ) // fields to retrieve ) ) ) ) ); if ( 200 != wp_remote_retrieve_response_code( $request ) ) // if request failed, return false return false; $response = unserialize( wp_remote_retrieve_body( $request ) ); // unserialize the response // Return an empty but cachable response if the plugin isn't in the .org repo if ( empty( $response ) ) return ''; if ( isset( $response->last_updated ) ) return sanitize_text_field( $response->last_updated ); return false; }