http://trog.qgl.org/wpupcheck/

WPUpCheck is a simple tool for Windows that periodically polls a WordPress installation to check for updates.

It was developed to run permanently in the background and notify users through a simple systray balloon when updates (to WordPress core, plugins, or themes) are detected.

It uses XML-RPC to perform the check and requires a simple plugin be installed on WordPress to handle the checking.

• Visual Studio 2013
• XML-RPC.NET - http://xml-rpc.net/download.html

• XML-RPC Update Check plugin for WordPress: https://wordpress.org/plugins/xml-rpc-update-check/

• Finish support to allow checking multiple WordPress installs
• Fix location of automagically created application directories/registry stuff to make it portable
• Fix minimise behaviour

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