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_maybe_update_plugins()

_maybe_update_plugins()

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This function’s access is marked private. This means it is not intended for use by plugin or theme developers, only in other core functions. It is listed here for completeness.

Checks the last time plugins were run before checking plugin versions.

Description

This might have been backported to WordPress 2.6.1 for performance reasons.
This is used for the wp-admin to check only so often instead of every page load.

Source

function _maybe_update_plugins() {
	$current = get_site_transient( 'update_plugins' );

	if ( isset( $current->last_checked )
		&& 12 * HOUR_IN_SECONDS > ( time() - $current->last_checked )
	) {
		return;
	}

	wp_update_plugins();
}

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UsesDescription
wp_update_plugins()wp-includes/update.php

Checks for available updates to plugins based on the latest versions hosted on WordPress.org.

get_site_transient()wp-includes/option.php

Retrieves the value of a site transient.

Changelog

VersionDescription
2.7.0Introduced.

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