About this plugin
Sky Changelog Notifier enhances WordPress automatic update notification emails by including the actual changelog for each updated plugin or theme. org repository.
Key Features:
- Automatically fetches and includes changelogs in update notification emails
- Works with both plugin and theme updates
- Adds emoji indicators (✅🚀❌) to plugin details modal showing version status
- Fetches from tagged versions for accuracy, with automatic fallback to trunk
- Comprehensive caching for optimal performance
- WP-CLI support for testing
- Compatibility with WordPress core notifications and Easy Updates Manager (EUM)
- Locale-agnostic email insertion — works on any localized WordPress site
Pro Features:
- Accessible HTML update emails with a plain-text alternative
- Searchable local changelog history for plugins and themes
- Plugin/theme filter presets with an optional checkbox-based custom selection
- Default, existing-user, or custom-email primary recipient, plus additional CC recipients
How It Works:
When WordPress automatically updates plugins or themes, this plugin:
- Fetches the changelog from the plugin/theme’s readme.txt file
- Extracts the specific version’s changelog
- Appends it to the update notification email
- Caches results for 1 hour to improve performance
Plugin Modal Enhancement:
When viewing plugin details in the WordPress admin, you’ll see:
* ✅ Green checkmark – Your version matches the latest
* 🚀 Rocket – You’re ahead (development version)
* ❌ Red X – Update available
Compatibility:
Works seamlessly with:
* Easy Updates Manager
* Uses high priority (999) on standard WordPress filters
* Hooks into automatic_updates_complete for EUM and similar plugins that bypass WordPress email filters
* Locale-agnostic insertion using structural markers instead of translatable strings
Development
com/skyminds/sky-changelog-notifier