Title: Ben’s Version Checker
Author: BenAlderson
Published: <strong>January 29, 2015</strong>
Last modified: January 29, 2015

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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.

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# Ben’s Version Checker

 By [BenAlderson](https://profiles.wordpress.org/benalderson/)

[Download](https://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/bens-version-checker.zip)

 * [Details](https://wordpress.org/plugins/bens-version-checker/#description)
 * [Reviews](https://wordpress.org/plugins/bens-version-checker/#reviews)
 *  [Installation](https://wordpress.org/plugins/bens-version-checker/#installation)
 * [Development](https://wordpress.org/plugins/bens-version-checker/#developers)

 [Support](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/bens-version-checker/)

## Description

This plugin checks the version numbers of other wordpress sites. It will report 
the status of the site and its version number. The plugin gets this information 
from the readme.html file of the listed sites. The plugin uses wordpress to lookup
the latest wordpress version and highlights the versions accordingly.

## Installation

 1. Upload `version-checker` to the `/wp-content/plugins/` directory
 2. Activate the plugin in the admin panel
 3. Populate list of sites under the new `Version Checker` menu

## Reviews

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## Contributors & Developers

“Ben’s Version Checker” is open source software. The following people have contributed
to this plugin.

Contributors

 *   [ BenAlderson ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/benalderson/)

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### Interested in development?

[Browse the code](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/bens-version-checker/),
check out the [SVN repository](https://plugins.svn.wordpress.org/bens-version-checker/),
or subscribe to the [development log](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/bens-version-checker/)
by [RSS](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/bens-version-checker/?limit=100&mode=stop_on_copy&format=rss).

## Changelog

#### 1.0.0

 * Initial Release

## Meta

 *  Version **1.0.0**
 *  Last updated **11 years ago**
 *  Active installations **Fewer than 10**
 *  WordPress version ** 4.0.0 or higher **
 *  Tested up to **4.1.42**
 * Tag
 * [1.0.0](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/1-0-0/)
 *  [Advanced View](https://wordpress.org/plugins/bens-version-checker/advanced/)

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## Contributors

 *   [ BenAlderson ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/benalderson/)

## Support

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