selenium-wpupdater

This project helps you update WordPress (WP) automatically. It does this by parsing a file that contains WP URLs with their corresponding username and password, then simulate the following for each data set:

1. Opens a browser
2. Logs in to WP dashboard
3. Checks to see if any of core, plugin, and theme updates are available — if yes do update
4. Logs out from the dashboard

Prerequisites

• Python 3 or above
• Pipenv
• ChromeDriver

Installation

1. Download and extract the zip file or use Git to clone this repository.

2. Inside the directory open a terminal and run:

   pipenv install

Usage

1. Edit wpupdater.py and set CHROMEDRIVER_PATH to your driver's executable path.

2. Rename test_accounts.csv to remove test_ then update its contents for the appropriate data.

3. On the terminal run:

   pipenv shell
   python wpupdater.py

Author

Herbert Verdida / @bertdida