Title: Extension Manager Author: Christian Schenk Published: January 14, 2008 Last modified: November 22, 2008 --- Search plugins This plugin **hasn’t been tested with the latest 3 major releases of WordPress**. It may no longer be maintained or supported and may have compatibility issues when used with more recent versions of WordPress. ![](https://s.w.org/plugins/geopattern-icon/extension-manager.svg) # Extension Manager By [Christian Schenk](https://profiles.wordpress.org/chschenk/) [Download](https://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/extension-manager.0.6.6.zip) * [Details](https://li.wordpress.org/plugins/extension-manager/#description) * [Reviews](https://li.wordpress.org/plugins/extension-manager/#reviews) * [Installation](https://li.wordpress.org/plugins/extension-manager/#installation) * [Development](https://li.wordpress.org/plugins/extension-manager/#developers) [Support](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/extension-manager/) ## Description If you’re a WordPress admin you probably want a plugin with the following features: * install, update and delete plugins and themes * it should be able to handle various locations, i.e. at least these [plugin repositories](https://codex.wordpress.org/Plugins#Plugin_Repositories) and maybe some from [somewhere](http://www.google.com/search?q=wordpress%20plugins) else. * basic search functionality for all these plugins and themes This plugins lets you do (almost) all of these things. Have a look at this [video](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-BzX7bv3DgM) to see how it works. ### Compatibility This plugin was tested with PHP 5.2.x. Currently it won’t work with older versions, i.e. PHP 4. Please be patient until I’ve fixed that. But it’s possible that this plugin will never work with PHP 4 because it’s likely that I will not find the time to implement that. So please consider updating your installation of PHP. If you’d like to help me fixing compatibility issues write me an [e-mail](http://www.christianschenk.org/legal-notice/#contact). ### Videos Have a look at this [video](http://www.christianschenk.org/projects/wordpress-extension-manager/video-for-this-plugin/) to see how it works. ### Licence This plugin is released under the GPL. ### Translation This plugin is available in these languages: * English * German (I’m working on it) If you want to help me translating it into other languages [drop me a line](http://www.christianschenk.org/legal-notice/#contact). ## Screenshots * [[ * Extension Manager start screen * [[ * Install plugins * [[ * Install themes (not implemented yet) * [[ * Remove installed and downloaded plugins and themes ## Installation Before you begin with the installation read the [notes on compatibility](https://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/extension-manager/other_notes/). 1. Unzip the plugin into your wp-content/plugins directory 2. Create these directories inside wp-content/plugins/extension-manager: 3. * plugins * themes 4. Change the permissions of the wp-content/plugins directory to 0777. Alternatively you can change the owner of this directory to the same user who is running the webserver. 5. Do the same thing you did in the last step with these directories: 6. * wp-content/themes * wp-content/plugins/extension-manager/plugins * wp-content/plugins/extension-manager/themes 7. Activate the plugin at the plugin administration page 8. Start using the plugin (Options -> Extension Manager). ## FAQ I’ve successfully installed a plugin/theme but it doesn’t show up on the plugins/ themes screen. If this happens you can’t activate the plugin/theme because the content of the ZIP file that contains the plugin/theme is broken. There are some plugins/themes around that have some extra directories in their ZIP files, e.g.: * “wp-content/plugins/[plugin-name]/[files]” * “wp-content/themes/[theme-name]/[files]” * “[plugin-name]/[plugin-name]/[files]” I don’t really want to support this stuff since this would lead to some extra guess- work. I recommend this: if you encounter a “broken” plugin/theme just contact the author and politely ask him whether he might fix this. The standard layout of a ZIP file should be “[plugin/theme-name]/[files…]”. ## Reviews There are no reviews for this plugin. ## Contributors & Developers “Extension Manager” is open source software. The following people have contributed to this plugin. Contributors * [ Christian Schenk ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/chschenk/) [Translate “Extension Manager” into your language.](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/extension-manager) ### Interested in development? [Browse the code](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/extension-manager/), check out the [SVN repository](https://plugins.svn.wordpress.org/extension-manager/), or subscribe to the [development log](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/extension-manager/) by [RSS](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/extension-manager/?limit=100&mode=stop_on_copy&format=rss). ## Meta * Version **0.6.6** * Last updated **17 years ago** * Active installations **10+** * WordPress version ** 2.0 or higher ** * Tested up to **2.6.3** * Language * [English (US)](https://wordpress.org/plugins/extension-manager/) * Tags * [delete](https://li.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/delete/)[install](https://li.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/install/) [search](https://li.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/search/)[update](https://li.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/update/) [upgrade](https://li.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/upgrade/) * [Advanced View](https://li.wordpress.org/plugins/extension-manager/advanced/) ## Ratings No reviews have been submitted yet. [Your review](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/extension-manager/reviews/#new-post) [See all reviews](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/extension-manager/reviews/) ## Contributors * [ Christian Schenk ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/chschenk/) ## Support Got something to say? Need help? [View support forum](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/extension-manager/) ## Donate Would you like to support the advancement of this plugin? [ Donate to this plugin ](http://www.christianschenk.org/donation/)