New Extension: Solspace Software Update

Solspace released a new extension today that allows you to easily track updates to any Solspace add-ons installed in your copy of ExpressionEngine. Solspace Software Update 1.0.0 is a free extension that displays a small widget on the homepage of the ExpressionEngine control panel (but you do have to enable it first by customizing your CP homepage).

The extension allows you to see updates, release notes, as well as gives you direct access to download links and documentation. It does not, however, install the updates for you. That still requires a download, upload and update.

The “Email list of updates” is a nice feature that gives someone the ability to easily alert their developer or tech support that there are updates that need to be downloaded and installed. The email is pre-filled with a subject line and body content containing all of the update details.

I downloaded and tested out this extension running EE 1.6.7. It worked as expected.