automatic-theme-plugin-update

General Info

For themes and plugins that can't be submitted to official WordPress repository, ie ... commercial themes/plugins/, non-gpl licensed, written for one client.

Folder structure

api (Folder to upload to server where updates will be housed)

.htaccess (set Options+Indexes to allow checking to work properly)

index.php (holds code used to check request for new versions)

packages.php (file containing all info about plugins and themes)

download.php (validates md5 key of date and package zip file)

update (folder to hold all zip file updates for url masking - protected by .htaccess to disallow file listings)

update (default folder for holding theme and plugin zip files)

.htaccess (prevents indexing and viewing of any zip files in directory)

plugin (folder for adding plugin update checking)

test-plugin-update (simple plugin folder to show how update functions work)

test-plugin-update.php (example plugin that only checks for updates to server)

theme (folder for theme update checking)

update.php (file that can be included from functions.php of theme to check for updates)