[wp-hackers] Will Activation Hook Be Executed During Plugin Upgradation?

[Peter Westwood]

On 20 Sep 2010, at 23:05, scribu wrote:

> Yeah, I guess checking a version stored in the db on each (admin) page load
> is the most resilient way to go about it.

Indeed it is.

Realistically the only hooks we can safely provide are those for activation and deactivation.

Updates can occur by a number of means not all of which are WordPress driven:
 * Single plugin update
 * Multiple plugin update
 * Manual filesystem update - common for svn users
 * Automated deployment script

The simplest solution is to use an option to version your options just like WordPress uses one to version it's db schema.

You can then run a function on an early hook to load/validate/upgrade the few options your plugin has.

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