Could use a Helper Function for Auto-Updates

[circlecube]

Would be nice to have a helper function (for example does_plugin_auto_update) to check if a plugin has auto-updates enabled. Currently the plugins are listed as an array in auto_update_plugins in the options table. It's not too tricky to grab the array and check if a plugin is listed,

<?php
// check core setting for auto updates on a plugin
$auto_update_plugins = (array) get_site_option( 'auto_update_plugins', array() );
if ( in_array( 'hello-dolly', $auto_update_plugins, true ) ) {
        // do something
}

but would be ideal to have a helper do this

<?php
if ( does_plugin_auto_update( 'hello-dolly' ) ) {
        // do something
}

much like the current is_plugin_active etc.

[mukesh27]

Hi there!

Like your idea to introduce a new function to check plugin auto-update or not. We can also add a theme auto-update function.

Marked as Feature Request

This PR adds a new function does_plugin_auto_updates( $plugin ) which returns whether a plugin is toggled for auto updates.

A few things.

1. The function does not check whether a plugin is activated or not since it's possible to enable or disable the auto updates regardless of a plugin activation state.
2. The function is added in src/wp-admin/includes/plugin.php so that file should be included first, include_once( ABSPATH . 'wp-admin/includes/plugin.php' );, if the function is needed in the frontend.

Trac ticket: https://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/52963

[donmhico]

Added a patch above. It maybe a good idea to have a function like enable_auto_update_plugin( $plugin ) instead of having the logic embedded in src/wp-admin/plugins.php. This will make the unit testing easier.