📣 PSA for
@bubble devs . . . 📣
Do you use 🔌 plugins 🔌 in your Bubble apps? Silly question, right? Of course you do!!!! And because of that, you need to go update your plugins before March 12th 2024, because if you don't, you'll risk turning your app into a buggy mess that you'll have to scramble to fix. Why, you ask? Because in March "AWS plans to remove a specific function that some Bubble plugin authors use for specific server-side actions." Which might break your apps. So here's what to do:
👨💻 "NEEDS UPDATE" 👨💻
❗❗These are the most critical ❗❗ The ones that might break your app if you don't deal with them before the March 12th deadline.
1. Change the plugin’s currently installed version to the latest one available in the “currently installed version” dropdown.
2. Use the app search tool to identify and check the integration points of updated plugins.
3. "Run as" a user who would use interface elements or workflows connected to plugins you have updated. Look for 🐞 and error messages.
💔 "DEPRECATED" 💔
Some authors just don't love their plugins like they used to. When a plug-in is "deprecated," that means it has not yet been updated by the author to adapt to the AWS change that takes place in March. Now, these plugins may still work just fine without being supported. But it's best to find replacements for the functionality in a deprecated plugin ASAP.
1. Search for alternative plugins in the Bubble marketplace.
2. Monitor for any updates from the plugin author over the coming weeks.
3. Contact the plugin author to see if they intend to support the plugin through this transition.
⚡ "CAN UPGRADE" ⚡
You don't need to worry about these ones as much, but you might as well upgrade the working ones too.
1. Use the app search tool to identify and check the plugin's integration points.
2. "Run as" a user who would use interface elements or workflows connected to plugins you have updated. Look for 🐞 and error messages.
🧠 MORE ADVICE 🧠
When, for whatever reason, you can't or don't want to use a plugin anymore, there are still options for retaining that plugin's functionality in your bubble app.
1. Rebuild the plugin's functions with your own, custom plugin.
2. If the plugin houses mostly simple API calls, rebuild the plugin's core functions in the API connector.
3. Hire someone to build you a custom plugin, or to remake the API calls. There are lots of talented plugin builders out there, and we'd be happy to introduce you to one 😉 .
That is, after all, what we do @BootstrappedMVP.
Here's the forum post:
forum.bubble.io/t/updating-p…. Go read it for deets.
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