UpdaWa – the update watchdog

UpdaWa keeps track of pending updates for your WordPress installation and makes that information available in two ways:

• Admin dashboard – a dedicated UpdaWa menu item shows the current update status as a formatted JSON view or an HTML table (plugins, themes, WordPress core).
• REST API endpoint – GET /wp-json/updawa/v1/status returns the same data as JSON, protected by a per-site Bearer token that you generate and manage from the admin panel.

Features

• One-click status refresh for plugins, themes, and WordPress core.
• JSON view with pretty-printed output.
• Table view with colour-coded update indicators.
• Secure, per-site API token (64-character hex string, cryptographically random).
• Token regeneration with a single click.
• QR code in the Token API tab encodes the site name, site URL, and token for easy mobile access.
• Zero external dependencies — the QR code library is bundled with the plugin.

REST API

The endpoint is read-only and requires a valid Bearer token:

`bash

curl -H “Authorization: Bearer YOUR_TOKEN” https://example.com/wp-json/updawa/v1/status
`

The response is a JSON object with keys generated_at, wordpress, plugins, and themes.