Smart Update Monitor

Introduction

Update Check, Site Management, Site management tools

Smart Update Monitor helps you keep your Joomla websites up to date and stay informed about important security updates.

The extension automatically checks for available updates of Joomla Core, installed extensions and language packs. As soon as new updates are detected, Smart Update Monitor can send email notifications to one or more recipients.

Security-related extension updates are automatically identified and highlighted when the corresponding security information is provided by the extension developer. Security severity levels (Low, Medium, High and Critical) are displayed in the dashboard, update list and email notifications.

All detected updates are stored in a history, allowing you to see when an update was first detected, when it was resolved and when notifications were sent.

Key features:
• Automatic update checks using Joomla Scheduled Tasks
• Email notifications for newly available updates
• Dashboard with update overview and recent activity
• Update history with detection and resolution tracking
• Ignore individual updates
• Activity log for update checks, notifications and resolved updates
• Update server overview
• Support for Joomla 5 and Joomla 6

Smart Update Monitor does not install updates automatically. Instead, it helps administrators monitor available updates, identify security-related updates and ensure that important updates are not overlooked.

Note: Security update detection depends on the security metadata provided by extension developers and supported Joomla versions.

What's New in Version 1.1.0:
• Security Update Detection: Automatically identifies security-related extension updates when security metadata is available.
• Security Severity Levels: Highlights security updates as Low, Medium, High or Critical.
• Improved Notifications: Sends additional notifications when the security severity of an existing update increases.
• Enhanced Dashboard and Emails: Security information is now displayed in the dashboard, update list and email notifications.

Smart Update Monitor hilft Ihnen dabei, Ihre Joomla-Websites aktuell zu halten und über wichtige Sicherheitsupdates informiert zu bleiben.

Die Erweiterung prüft automatisch, ob Updates für Joomla selbst, installierte Erweiterungen und Sprachpakete verfügbar sind. Sobald neue Updates erkannt werden, kann Smart Update Monitor E-Mail-Benachrichtigungen an einen oder mehrere Empfänger versenden.

Sicherheitsrelevante Updates für Erweiterungen werden automatisch erkannt und hervorgehoben, sofern der jeweilige Entwickler entsprechende Sicherheitsinformationen bereitstellt. Die Sicherheitsstufen (Niedrig, Mittel, Hoch und Kritisch) werden im Dashboard, in der Update-Liste und in den E-Mail-Benachrichtigungen angezeigt.

Alle erkannten Updates werden in einer Historie gespeichert. So können Sie nachvollziehen, wann ein Update erstmals erkannt wurde, wann es erledigt wurde und wann Benachrichtigungen versendet wurden.

Die wichtigsten Funktionen:
• Automatische Update-Prüfungen über die geplanten Aufgaben von Joomla
• E-Mail-Benachrichtigungen bei neu verfügbaren Updates
• Dashboard mit Update-Übersicht und aktuellen Aktivitäten
• Update-Historie mit Erkennung und Nachverfolgung erledigter Updates
• Einzelne Updates ignorieren
• Aktivitätsprotokoll für Update-Prüfungen, Benachrichtigungen und erledigte Updates
• Übersicht der Update-Server
• Unterstützung für Joomla 5 und Joomla 6

Smart Update Monitor installiert keine Updates automatisch. Stattdessen unterstützt die Erweiterung Administratoren dabei, verfügbare Updates zu überwachen, sicherheitsrelevante Updates zu erkennen und wichtige Aktualisierungen nicht zu übersehen.

Hinweis: Die Erkennung von Sicherheitsupdates hängt davon ab, ob die jeweiligen Erweiterungsentwickler entsprechende Sicherheitsinformationen bereitstellen und die eingesetzte Joomla-Version diese unterstützt.

Neuerungen in Version 1.1.0:
• Erkennung von Sicherheitsupdates: Sicherheitsrelevante Updates für Erweiterungen werden automatisch erkannt, sofern entsprechende Sicherheitsinformationen verfügbar sind.
• Sicherheitsstufen: Sicherheitsupdates werden nach den Stufen Niedrig, Mittel, Hoch und Kritisch gekennzeichnet.
• Verbesserte Benachrichtigungen: Erneute Benachrichtigung, wenn sich die Sicherheitsstufe eines bereits erkannten Updates erhöht.
• Erweitertes Dashboard und E-Mails: Sicherheitsinformationen werden jetzt im Dashboard, in der Update-Liste und in E-Mail-Benachrichtigungen angezeigt.

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