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https://github.com/wp-forge/wp-upgrade-handler

A drop-in library for handling upgrade routines in WordPress plugins and themes.
https://github.com/wp-forge/wp-upgrade-handler

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A drop-in library for handling upgrade routines in WordPress plugins and themes.

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# WordPress Upgrade Handler

A drop-in library for handling upgrade routines in WordPress plugins and themes.

## Installation

- Run `composer require wp-forge/wp-upgrade-handler`
- Make sure you require the `vendor/autoload.php` file in your project.

## Usage

Here is an example of how to use this library in a WordPress plugin or theme:

```php
maybe_upgrade();

if ( $did_upgrade ) {
// If an upgrade occurred, update the new version in the database to prevent running the routine(s) again.
update_option( 'my_plugin_version', MY_PLUGIN_VERSION, true );
}
}
```

If you just released version `1.4.1` of your plugin, but created upgrade routines for `1.4.1` and `1.3.9`, anyone upgrading from version `1.3.8` or earlier would have both of those upgrade routines run automatically. If someone is upgrading from version `1.3.9` or greater, then only the `1.4.1` upgrade routine would be run.

### Creating an Upgrade Routine
As an example, let's assume I just released version `1.4.1` of my plugin. The upgrade routine needs to change an option name in the database. All I need to do after adding the previous code from above is to create a file named `1.4.1.php` in my `upgrades` directory.

The following would be the contents of that file:

```php