wp-includes/update.php:315Checks for available updates to plugins based on the latest versions hosted on WordPress.org.
$extra_statsarrayoptionalarray()2 hooks fire while wp_update_plugins() runs, in this order:
Filters the locales requested for plugin translations.
Filters the update response for a given plugin hostname.
function wp_update_plugins( $extra_stats = array() ) { if ( wp_installing() ) { return; } // If running blog-side, bail unless we've not checked in the last 12 hours. if ( ! function_exists( 'get_plugins' ) ) { require_once ABSPATH . 'wp-admin/includes/plugin.php'; } $plugins = get_plugins(); $translations = wp_get_installed_translations( 'plugins' ); $active = get_option( 'active_plugins', array() ); $current = get_site_transient( 'update_plugins' ); if ( ! is_object( $current ) ) { $current = new stdClass(); } $updates = new stdClass(); $updates->last_checked = time(); $updates->response = array(); $updates->translations = array(); $updates->no_update = array(); $doing_cron = wp_doing_cron(); // Check for update on a different schedule, depending on the page. switch ( current_filter() ) { case 'upgrader_process_complete': $timeout = 0; break; case 'load-update-core.php': $timeout = MINUTE_IN_SECONDS; break; case 'load-plugins.php': case 'load-update.php': $timeout = HOUR_IN_SECONDS; break; default: if ( $doing_cron ) { $timeout = 2 * HOUR_IN_SECONDS; } else { $timeout = 12 * HOUR_IN_SECONDS; } } $time_not_changed = isset( $current->last_checked ) && $timeout > ( time() - $current->last_checked ); if ( $time_not_changed && ! $extra_stats ) { $plugin_changed = false; foreach ( $plugins as $file => $p ) { $updates->checked[ $file ] = $p['Version']; if ( ! isset( $current->checked[ $file ] ) || (string) $current->checked[ $file ] !== (string) $p['Version'] ) { $plugin_changed = true; } } if ( isset( $current->response ) && is_array( $current->response ) ) { foreach ( $current->response as $plugin_file => $update_details ) { if ( ! isset( $plugins[ $plugin_file ] ) ) { $plugin_changed = true; break; } } } // Bail if we've checked recently and if nothing has changed. if ( ! $plugin_changed ) { return; } } // Update last_checked for current to prevent multiple blocking requests if request hangs. $current->last_checked = time(); set_site_transient( 'update_plugins', $current );Introduced in 2.3.0. Unchanged from 6.7.7 through 7.1.0.
Signature, return type and hooks compared across 5 parsed releases.
src/wp-includes/update.php, and regenerated for each WordPress release so it tracks the code rather than a snapshot of it.