New in Modular DS: Safe Updates + Update Copilot

Updating plugins is essential to keep any WordPress site secure and optimized, but it often comes with uncertainty. Who hasn’t felt that moment of hesitation right before hitting “update”? What if something breaks and goes unnoticed?

At Modular DS, we believe updates shouldn’t be a source of stress, but rather a safe and efficient process.

That’s why we’re excited to bring you two new features that will change the way you update your WordPress plugins:

Safe Updates and Update Copilot.

Each plays a different role: one protects your site during the update, the other helps you anticipate risks beforehand with the power of AI. Together, they give you more insight, safety, and peace of mind when keeping your websites up to date.

Let’s take a closer look.

Safe Updates: Update with confidence

Now, every time you update a plugin (or multiple at once) in Modular DS, you can choose the traditional method or run the new Safe Updates system.

Here’s how it works:

• A restore point of the plugin is created.
• The update runs.
• Modular DS displays a visual before-and-after comparison of your site, so you can verify and check what changed.
• You decide whether to keep the update or roll it back with a single click.

This way, if something unexpected happens, you can instantly revert the change.

If you’d rather automate it, just set the percentage of change you consider acceptable, and rollbacks will happen automatically whenever that limit is exceeded.

Update Copilot: AI insights to anticipate risks

Here’s where things get truly innovative.

Update Copilot is a new intelligent scoring system that analyzes each plugin release and gives it a score from 1 to 100, helping you anticipate how safe or risky it is to install that update.

A higher score (closer to 100) means applying the plugin update is safer and less likely to cause issues or break your website.

The score is calculated by looking at more than 15 factors, including:

• The amount of code changes between plugin versions.
• Whether it’s a major or minor release.
• How recently the latest version was published.
• The complexity of your site.
• The plugin’s reliability history, and how the new version is performing across Modular DS users.

All of this is built into your Modular DS dashboard, with AI-powered insights and explanations to help you make better-informed decisions before updating.

Want to see them in action?

Here’s a quick video showing how Safe Updates and Update Copilot work in Modular DS:

Get started with smarter, safer plugin updates

Safe Updates and Update Copilot are now available in all Modular DS PRO plans.

You can use them independently or combine them to make updates faster, safer, and more reliable than ever.

With this release, Update Copilot also joins other AI-powered tools in Modular DS, such as our intelligent plugin search powered by Ploogins—all designed to make managing your WordPress sites easier and more efficient.

We can’t wait to hear your thoughts. Once you try them, we are sure you’ll see updates in a whole new way 😉

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