Don't waste any more time manually updating WordPress.

We know how frustrating the typical process of maintaining multiple websites can be: downloading the file, uploading it to your website... and repeating this for each plugin, on each website.

That's why we've changed the rules of the game. With our plugin, you can connect your WordPress directly to our repository and update your plugins and themes automatically with a single click.

You can also configure automatic updates so that as soon as a new version of a plugin you have on your site is released, it will update without you even having to access the site.

What can you do with the Pillbanana plugin?

These are the functions that our plugin already has and some previews of what will be available in the coming weeks.

Automatic updates

The main function. If you have a subscription you will be able to install our plugin on all the sites you want and you will automatically receive the new versions of the plugins and themes that we publish.

White Label

If you have an agency and you install the plugin on your clients' sites, you will be able to hide all references to our brand. Allowing you to give a professional image while keeping the sites up to date.

Real-time optimization

You will receive a direct report from Google PageSpeed Insights with the score of your website and a customized analysis from us so that you can install some plugins to improve the score almost immediately.

Free Updates

Users who do not have a subscription or have not purchased any products may update any plugins they have on their websites, with a limit of one update per month.

License Management

If you do not have the White Label option active, you will be able to see a section with all your active licenses to date, without having to access your Pillbanana user account.

Remote Assistance (soon...)

Remote assistance directly from your site and with the possibility of hiring auditing and extreme optimization services to pass the Core Web Vitals as a true Pro.

Before we begin, it is important to note that the way to update your plugins and themes depends on whether you have an active subscription or if you have purchased individual products. Each option offers a different update process, which we will explain below:

Automatic Updates with the Pillbanana Plugin

At Pillbanana we offer to those who have an active subscription, our own auto-update plugin, which allows you to keep your sites automatically updated directly from your WordPress dashboard, as simply as regular updates.

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How does the plugin work?

The first thing to do is to download the Pillbanana plugin from the following button:

 

Download Pillbanana Tools v.1.4.2

Once you have downloaded it, just install it like any other plugin and activate it.

When you have it active, you only need to enter your Pillbanana credentials in the Control Panel of your plugin as shown in this image:

If everything is correctly configured you should see the following message at the bottom of the screen:

You only have to activate the automatic updates of your Plugins and Themes:

 

Note for users with a subscription

  • The daily download limits of your subscription also apply to automatic updates.

  • If you upgrade a plugin through the WordPress dashboard, it will be deducted from your plan's download limit.

  • You can check your download limit at "My Account.

  • Once you reach your plan limit, you will not be able to download any more updates until your limit is renewed within the next 24 hours.

  • Although the daily downloads are 20 files, with the plugin you will be able to download up to a limit of 15. This is to leave at least 5 downloads available in your account and avoid your sites to be automatically updated and leave you without being able to download new plugins.

System requirements

  • WordPress version: 5.3.2 or higher.

  • PHP version: 7.4 or higher.

Frequently Asked Questions

Find answers to the most frequently asked questions about the use of our plugin:

While all subscriptions have a daily limit of 20 downloads per day. Our automatic updates plugin has a lower limit (15). This is in order to leave a remainder of 5 downloads available in case you wish to access a plugin from our website.

If you see this message on your sites, it is probably because the plugin has automatically updated and used all available downloads for the day. 

Remember that you always have 5 more downloads directly from the site.

Don't worry if you have the Pillbanana plugin on several sites. Everything will be updated automatically little by little.

If you have too many sites connected to update automatically. You have two options:

  1. Download some plugins directly from the site and update them by the traditional method manually on each site. This will only consume 1 credit from the initial download.
  2. Activate a second subscription and intersperse them among your sites. This option only applies if you have more than 20 sites connected to our plugin and you want everything to be updated every day.

How to Manually Update Your Plugins or Themes

  1. Download the new version of the plugin or theme you want to update from your Pillbanana account.

  2. Access the Administration Panel of your WordPress site.

  3. Depending on what you want to upgrade:

    1. For pluginsgo to "Plugins > Add new."

    2. For themesgo to "Appearance > Themes > Add new."

  4. Click on the button "Upload Plugin" o "Upload Topic," as appropriate.

  5. Select the file .zip with the new version of the plugin or theme you just downloaded.

  6. Click on "Install now."

  7. Wordpress will ask you if you want to replace the version with the one you just uploaded. If everything is correct you should press the button "Replace the current one with the uploaded one".

  8. Once the process completes successfully, press "Activate" for the plugin or theme to be enabled.

  9. You are done! Your plugin or theme has been updated. 🚀