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#31527 Administrator secret URL parameter

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Latest post by on Sunday, 11 August 2019 17:17 CDT

giora
Hi there
I am using the Administrator secret URL parameter.
When a new version of Joomla is released, we get notification by 'System - Joomla! Update Notification' with a direct link for the update:
https://mysite.com/administrator/index.php?option=com_joomlaupdate

Is there a way to add the secret URL parameter to the link so it will be open directly?

Thanks
Best Regards,

--Giora

nicholas
Akeeba Staff
Manager
Yes and no.

The email you are interested in is sent by the "System - Joomla! Update Notification" plugin shipped with Joomla. It does not allow modifying that URL.

You can, however disable the "System - Joomla! Update Notification" and enable the "System - Admin Tools Joomla! Update Email". Our plugin DOES include the administrator secret URL parameter.

In fact, our "System - Admin Tools Joomla! Update Email" plugin came first by nearly six and a half years and it was originally part of my Akeeba CMS Update component (which was eventually included in Joomla itself as the "Joomla! Update" component you are now using to update Joomla). When finally Joomla was convinced that my plugin does help people get notified about and install new Joomla versions much more efficiently than Twitter and announcements on joomla.org they allowed a simplified version of it to be included in Joomla itself. The obvious problem, of course, is that the terms for including the simplified plugin in Joomla itself is that it should not be tied to any third party extension which is why the "System - Joomla! Update Notification" plugin doesn't include the secret URL parameter and doesn't allow the admin URL to be changed in any way.

Nicholas K. Dionysopoulos

Lead Developer and Director

πŸ‡¬πŸ‡·Greek: native πŸ‡¬πŸ‡§English: excellent πŸ‡«πŸ‡·French: basic β€’ πŸ• My time zone is Europe / Athens
Please keep in mind my timezone and cultural differences when reading my replies. Thank you!

giora
Thank you very much nicholas

Best Regards,

--Giora

nicholas
Akeeba Staff
Manager
You're welcome!

Nicholas K. Dionysopoulos

Lead Developer and Director

πŸ‡¬πŸ‡·Greek: native πŸ‡¬πŸ‡§English: excellent πŸ‡«πŸ‡·French: basic β€’ πŸ• My time zone is Europe / Athens
Please keep in mind my timezone and cultural differences when reading my replies. Thank you!

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