The Connekt Plugin Installer is a class for displaying a list of recommended or related plugins inside of the WordPress admin.

The installer displays a list of plugins that users can easily install and activate from the screen they are currently viewing.

This is a perfect tool for plugin and theme developers who want to make it as easy as possible for users to install recommended or related plugins.

To see a live example, install a copy of Ajax Load More and go to the Extensions section.

To get started, you'll simply need to load and initialize the class. The installer provides the required CSS and JS for display and functionality.

First step is to load the class into your plugin or theme. This would typically appear in functions.php or in the _construct of your plugin Class.

include_once('vendor/connekt-plugin-installer/class-connekt-plugin-installer.php');

Next, build an array of plugin slugs and pass the array to the init method for display.

$plugins = [
  [
    'slug' => 'ajax-load-more',
  ],
  [
    'slug' => 'block-manager',
  ],
  [
    'slug' => 'instant-images'
  ],
  [
    'slug' => 'easy-query'
  ]
]; 

if( class_exists( 'Connekt_Plugin_Installer' ) ) {
  Connekt_Plugin_Installer::init( $plugins );
}

And that's it. Happy coding :)

• Plugins must be available on the wordpress.org plugin repository to be installed and activated using this class.
• Using this class outside of the plugins directory will require modification to the CNKT_INSTALLER_PATH constant for loading assets. You can define this constant in functions.php prior to loading the class. define('CNKT_INSTALLER_PATH', get_template_directory_uri() .'/vendor/connekt-plugin-installer/');

1.0.1 - Janaury 16, 2025

• UPDATE: Code cleanup and PHPCS fixes.
• FIX: Fixed issue with broken layout if wordpress.org thumbnail not available.

The code is available under the GPLv2 license