Is it possible to update the readme.txt file for a plugin without releasing a new plugin version update?
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1You can update the readme.txt without a change on the plugin version, that's possible and without problems. You should only switch the plugin version if you have change(s) in the source code, not the readme.txt. This is typically if you would change the 'tested up' version for WP inside the readme.txt to list this value on the plugin page.– bueltgeCommented Apr 25, 2018 at 8:16
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When you look at the plugin description (and other sections), it all comes from the current version README.TXT file.
So if you upload a changed version of README.TXT to the current version's repository (not changing the repository version number), the newly updated README.TXT file information is shown on the page.
This is great for updating the 'tested to' version numbers, when you didn't make any code changes to the plugin.
More info here (and other links from there).
answered Apr 17, 2018 at 21:00
As far as I know, If you don't update the plugin version, it will not trigger the plugin update. I have done this few times for my plugins, and it works, for as long as the version has not changed.
answered Apr 17, 2018 at 19:34
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Are you saying it will work or it will not work? Your first and second sentence seem to contradict one-another.– Howdy_McGee ♦Commented Apr 17, 2018 at 19:36
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If nothing was changed in the WP.org processing in the past 6 months, it will work if the plugin version has not been changed. Commented Apr 17, 2018 at 19:48