LG Latest EE Display the latest ExpressionEngine build and versions in your templates

Features

LG Latest EE is a small and simple plugin retrieves the latest build and version information of ExpressionEngine. It was written in response to a forum post by ExpressionEngine senior forum member and Michigan web designer / developer Ryan Masuga.

Demo

The latest version of ExpressionEngine is 1.6.4 Build: 20080808.

The paragraph above was created with the following code:

<p>The latest version of ExpressionEngine is 
    <strong>{exp:lg_latest_ee:version}</strong>
    <em>Build: {exp:lg_latest_ee:build}</em>.
</p>

Requirements

LG Latest EE is an ExpressionEngine plugin tested ExpressionEngine 1.6.0 or greater.

Installation

LG Latest EE addon contains a single plugin file. To install the plugin follow the simple instructions below:

1. Download the latest version of the plugin
2. Extract the .zip file to your desktop
3. Copy the plugins/pi.lg_latest_ee.php file to your /system/plugins directory

Activation

There are no activation requirements. Plugins are automatically available after install.

Usage

This module is so simple it doesn't even need a huge section on usage. There are two tags {exp:lg_latest_ee:version} which returns the latest version and {exp:lg_latest_ee:build} that returns the build. Easy!

Change Log

1.0.0

• Initial Release

1.0.1

• Added default caching of 15 minutes
• Added template logging

License

LG Latest EE is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 Unported License.