Update plugins on every connected site with one approval
See the updates waiting on every WordPress site in an organization, approve one plan, and let SAR update the sites one at a time.
- Difficulty
- Advanced
- Time
- about 20 min
List the plugin, theme and WordPress updates waiting on all my connected sites, asking each site again now, with the current and new version of each. Group them by site and point out any big version jumps. Leave out [WordPress itself and any theme updates] for now. Prepare one run that updates only [the plugins], and give me the approval link; I will approve it in SAR with my password. Once I have approved, check the run until it finishes and tell me site by site what was updated, and where it stopped if it did.
Already connected?
If SAR is already in your AI app, this is enough:
Show me the plugin updates waiting on all my sites and prepare one run for me to approve.
What happens
- The AI app asks every connected site for the plugin, theme and WordPress updates waiting, with old and new versions.
- It prepares one run with the updates you chose and returns the approval link.
- You approve the whole plan in SAR with your password.
- SAR updates one site at a time, checks each site after every change and stops at the first problem.
- The AI app follows the run and reports each site's steps.
Approvals involved
Worked out from the tools this recipe uses.
wordpress_list_fleet_updatesList updates across sitesNonewordpress_start_fleet_updateUpdate sitesApproval and passwordwordpress_fleet_update_statusUpdate run statusNone
What you get
All the chosen updates done in one run, with a site-by-site record. Updates cannot be undone through SAR, so keep a backup and check each site's key pages afterwards.
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Try it on your own site
Install the plugin, add SAR to your AI app and paste the prompt. Free to start.