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Is there an API or an automated way to determine which plugins are out of date and/or have newer versions?

I have about 10 different linux servers, and each server has at least 5 installations of wordpress. I do not want to login to each 50+ wordpress one at a time to manually inspect which site has out of date plugins.

I would like to write a small little bash script or php script that can automatically scan each wordpress installation for which plugins are out of date, and ship that information to my SIEM platform where I can quickly review everything on a daily basis.

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    You can use get_plugin_updates() to get a list of plugins that need updates (at least from the WP plugin repository). You could add a new REST API route to deliver that data (you would probably want to restrict access to the route so the whole world can't see what plugins need updates).
    – Pat J
    Commented Feb 25 at 23:18
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    Have you tried WP CLI? developer.wordpress.org/cli/commands/plugin/list
    – Jacob Peattie
    Commented Feb 26 at 9:08
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    I would never normally just recommend a third party service, but honestly, check out managewp.com - you can, for free, connect all of those WP sites to ManageWP and then you just log in to their platform every morning and get a full overview of what's going on. Plugin and Theme monitoring & updates are a free service, as are weekly back-ups. There are paid add-ons, but they're cheap and can be enabled on a site-by-site basis. You also don't have to enable any of them and can just use the free features as long as you like. (By cheap, we're talking $1 per feature enabled, per site.)
    – Tony Djukic
    Commented Feb 26 at 20:40

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