Thanks for the feedback. Yes, a cron job would make sense. However, it doesn’t seem like as many people are as interested in this plugin as I expected so there’s little motivation for me. On the plus side the delays can be managed somewhat as the data is cached and you can control how often the updates happen.
I don’t work much with multisite, but what you’ve suggested certainly makes sense.
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Concerning the interested people, this might be a chicken and egg problem: I think you are onto something with this plugin, but you’re not there yet. So while the limited interest may not exactly boost your motivation, the motivation also probably backfires on user interest.
Apart from what I already mentioned, there are a couple of things that could greatly enhance usablity:
– The plugin rating, for instance, may be an indicator for issues, but I’d not go for the ratings itself, but rather for changes. Store the intitial rating when your plugin is installed, and show if the rating goes up or down.
– Generally, visualize everything (icons instead of text). This is not about eye candy, it’s just much easier to see and makes the difference between something that is helpful and something that takes too long to figure out (again, not referring to someone with 5 plugins, but with 50 or 100).
– Add “ignore” options. If my screen is typically full of red, highlighted numbers, I’m simply not going to notice one more or less. Some plugins I use I know they are outdated, and I’m fine with that and don’t need to be told every day. With other plugins, I’d be glad to know.
– Come up with a way to let the user see at a glance what has changed. Sorting options might do.
And so on.
Just my 2 cents of course. Good luck!
