Opened 13 years ago
Closed 13 years ago
#21052 closed feature request (duplicate)
introduce an alternative method of installing plugins or themes from external websites
| Reported by: |
|
Owned by: | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Milestone: | Priority: | normal | |
| Severity: | normal | Version: | 3.4 |
| Component: | Themes | Keywords: | 2nd-opinion dev-feedback |
| Focuses: | Cc: |
Description
To install a theme or a plugin from outside of WordPress site you need to download the theme/plugin and then upload to your website... this takes some time but this process can be done faster if we will add some new features to the core...
The method will be like this: on your website you get a code then this code you can put in a external website form where you would like to download the theme or the plugin, so the zip file will be downloaded and installed right away automatically. (like sync in Firefox)
In the code there will be the your site url and nonce password for secure install, the code will be encrypted.
of course there can be some security problems but this method will not be as bad as current download/upload to your site.
If we were to support direct installation from a remote site, wouldn't it make much more sense to just provide the plugin zip remote URL from within the admin?