Title: Improvement for Plugin Installations / Updates
Last modified: August 22, 2016

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# Improvement for Plugin Installations / Updates

 *  Resolved [titanas](https://wordpress.org/support/users/titanas/)
 * (@titanas)
 * [11 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/improvement-for-plugin-installations-updates/)
 * Hey,
 * I’ve been installing and updating a few plugins lately. The process is straight
   forward but the UI is left behind. It’s 2015 and even “slow and cheap” hosting
   plans are fast enough. Certainly faster compared to what we had back in the day.
   The installation / update page for plugins hasn’t changed much but hosting did.
 * Today the experience of installing / updating a plugin is the following: A bunch
   of text appears at once on the screen. There is some waiting time. Plugin installed/
   updated. Further action might be needed.
 * The design of the experience assumes the hosting server is slow enough so every
   step of the process needs to be expressed and explained. Downloading, unpacking,
   installing, removing etc.
 * What if we could simplified this process with a familiar concept which is also
   used in the mobile world? A progress bar.
 * The experience is simple, clean, understandable, familiar.
 * Since the steps of installing / updating a plugin are discrete the progress bar
   can increase accordingly. Any waiting time is clearly indicated and understood
   with the % of progress and bar’s length. Errors can be communicated with color
   and current strings / messages.
 * I created a quick mockup based on this idea. Food for thought. Let me know what
   you think. [https://www.dropbox.com/sh/kcwe3sk5yyj7swf/AABU_Nyr8zJQIvcS5hzi4bwWa?dl=0](https://www.dropbox.com/sh/kcwe3sk5yyj7swf/AABU_Nyr8zJQIvcS5hzi4bwWa?dl=0)
 * Top is the current UI. Bottom is the new concept UI.

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 *  Moderator [Samuel Wood (Otto)](https://wordpress.org/support/users/otto42/)
 * (@otto42)
 * WordPress.org Admin
 * [11 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/improvement-for-plugin-installations-updates/#post-5847046)
 * You should try the latest version of WordPress’s trunk code. Not on a live site,
   but on a test site. Download the nightly build and give it a swing somewhere.
 * [https://wordpress.org/download/nightly/](https://wordpress.org/download/nightly/)
 * You might be surprised at how plugin installs look now. Updates, meh, still a
   bit old school. New installs though.. much different than you think.
 *  Thread Starter [titanas](https://wordpress.org/support/users/titanas/)
 * (@titanas)
 * [11 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/improvement-for-plugin-installations-updates/#post-5847054)
 * Will do Otto!

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 * Last reply from: [titanas](https://wordpress.org/support/users/titanas/)
 * Last activity: [11 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/improvement-for-plugin-installations-updates/#post-5847054)
 * Status: resolved

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