auto-update.md

Moved

Update core (and db), plugins, and themes, logging status to syslog. Ideal for running on a cronjob

Example of syslog

Apr 26 04:07:56 vvv vagrant: [WPAutoUpdate] Local WordPress Dev | http://local.wordpress.dev
Apr 26 04:08:27 vvv vagrant: [WPAutoUpdate] Core update: WordPress updated successfully to 4.5
Apr 26 04:08:28 vvv vagrant: [WPAutoUpdate] DB update: WordPress database already at latest db version 36686
Apr 26 04:08:30 vvv vagrant: [WPAutoUpdate] Plugin updates: Akismet, Yoast SEO
Apr 26 04:08:34 vvv vagrant: [WPAutoUpdate] Theme updates: Twenty Fifteen, Twenty Fourteen, Twenty Sixteen, Twenty Twelve

Specify path as first argument passed to script
./auto-update.sh /path/to/wp

auto-update.sh

#!/bin/bash

# self-update wp-cli
wp --allow-root cli update --major --minor --patch --yes --quiet

if [ -z $1 ]; then
	path='';
else
	path=`readlink -f $1`
	path=" --path=$path"
fi

flags="$path --allow-root"

blogname=`wp $flags option get blogname`
bloghome=`wp $flags option get home`

logger "[WPAutoUpdate] $blogname | $bloghome"


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checkupd=`wp $flags core check-update --format=yaml | grep 'version: ' | tr -d ' '`
if [ ! -z $checkupd ]; then
	updateto=${checkupd/version:/}

	coreupdate=`wp $flags core update --no-color | grep "^Success:" | tr -d '\n'`
	coreupdate=${coreupdate/Success: /}
	coreupdate=${coreupdate%.}

	logger "[WPAutoUpdate] Core update: ${coreupdate} to ${updateto}"

	dbupdate=`wp $flags core update-db --no-color | grep "^Success:" | tr -d '\n'`
	dbupdate=${dbupdate/Success: /}
	logger "[WPAutoUpdate] DB update: ${dbupdate}"

else
	logger "[WPAutoUpdate] Core update: WordPress has no pending updates"
fi


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pluginupdate=`wp $flags plugin update --all --dry-run --format=summary | grep "from version"`
pluginlist=''

if [ -z "$pluginupdate" ]; then
	pluginlist='No plugins updated';
else
	while read -r plugin; do
		pluginlist=$pluginlist"${plugin/ update from*/}, "
	done <<< "$pluginupdate"
fi

logger "[WPAutoUpdate] Plugin updates: ${pluginlist%, }"


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themeupdate=`wp $flags theme update --all --format=summary | grep "from version"`
themelist=''

if [ -z "$themeupdate" ]; then
	themelist='No themes updated';
else
	while read -r theme; do
		themelist=$themelist"${theme/ updated successfully*/}, "
	done <<< "$themeupdate"
fi

logger "[WPAutoUpdate] Theme updates: ${themelist%, }"


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logger "[WPAutoUpdate] `wp $flags cache flush`"