Title: remote plugin update Last modified: August 20, 2016 --- # remote plugin update * Resolved [gdeschep](https://wordpress.org/support/users/gdeschep/) * (@gdeschep) * [13 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/remote-plugin-update/) * I notice that the .htacess file is automatically updated whenever the BPS plugin gets updated. * But when using a remote management tool such as ManageWP or Infinite WP for updating plugins, I notice that the auto .htaccess update of BPS is only triggered after I manually login to each WP site. * Obviously I’m using a remote management tool to ease the plugin management of multiple sites, so having to login manually to each site whenever a BPS update was performed is something I would like to avoid. * Would it be possible to automatically perform the .htaccess update of BPS right after the plugin gets updated without having to login first ? * [http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/bulletproof-security/](http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/bulletproof-security/) Viewing 7 replies - 1 through 7 (of 7 total) * Plugin Author [AITpro](https://wordpress.org/support/users/aitpro/) * (@aitpro) * [13 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/remote-plugin-update/#post-3494978) * The automatic update checks that you are a logged in Admin to the site with permissions to perform the automatic update, checks the BPS version number and then performs the automatic update. * The idea you are proposing could be very simply done with a WordPress Cron. This would have to be an option setting because folks should have a choice about turning this On or Off. * I don’t see anything in the WordPress Plugin Guidelines that says you cannot do/not allowed to do something like this so I will add this as an option in the next version release. * WordPress Plugin Guidelines: [http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/about/guidelines/](http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/about/guidelines/) * Thread Starter [gdeschep](https://wordpress.org/support/users/gdeschep/) * (@gdeschep) * [13 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/remote-plugin-update/#post-3494983) * That sounds great ! * Or maybe another possible solution might be to trigger the automatic check from a plugin activation hook ? * cfr [](http://codex.wordpress.org/Function_Reference/register_activation_hook) * Plugin Author [AITpro](https://wordpress.org/support/users/aitpro/) * (@aitpro) * [13 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/remote-plugin-update/#post-3494987) * Actually it would be much simpler to create the Cron due to the way/how/where the code is currently fired from. Or yeah I could just duplicate/fire the current code/function and have it executed under the activation function, but since creating a WP Cron is so simple to create/add and the WordPress Settings API is so quick and simple to use/setup/add then actually creating a Cron Option is the much simpler route to go. * More importantly I feel that this should be an Option that someone can choose to use or not so having this done automatically under the activation function will cause headaches for me – guaranteed. 😉 * Most folks have CGI configured Servers, but for the 1% of folks that have DSO configured Servers they need to see the BPS Alerts that the autoupdate did not complete since these folks need to do manual file permission and/or ownership changes. * Thread Starter [gdeschep](https://wordpress.org/support/users/gdeschep/) * (@gdeschep) * [13 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/remote-plugin-update/#post-3495006) * Ok, that’s indeed a logical explanation. A cronjob it will be then 🙂 * BTW, something went wrong with the url reference to the plugin activation hook I wanted to add in my previous post, but it doesn’t matter anymore. * Plugin Author [AITpro](https://wordpress.org/support/users/aitpro/) * (@aitpro) * [13 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/remote-plugin-update/#post-3495033) * Marking this as resolved. This new feature will be added in BPS .48.1. * Plugin Author [AITpro](https://wordpress.org/support/users/aitpro/) * (@aitpro) * [13 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/remote-plugin-update/#post-3495131) * Well as it turns out adding something like this is not really doable without putting the site at serious risk. * The auto-updating of the .htaccess files can ONLY be triggered by a logged in administrator to the site since file writing is occurring so when I played around with allowing the updating to occur with a non-administrator account you can imagine all the fun ways I discovered that you can destroy the site by simply just registering and logging in as a Subscriber. * The same dilemma occurs with putting the trigger under the activation hook. Unfortunately, this is just not safely doable. Sorry about that. 😉 * Thread Starter [gdeschep](https://wordpress.org/support/users/gdeschep/) * (@gdeschep) * [13 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/remote-plugin-update/#post-3495132) * That’s a pitty, but I understand the security concerns. Anyway, thanks for your time to investigate this ! 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