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Scheduled Plugin Updates: Unable to schedule through /plugins/scheduled-updates/create flow
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Description
### Context and steps to reproduce
[Here's a video showing the issue]().
When I go to [https://wordpress.com/plugins/scheduled-updates/create](), I'm unable to create a new schedule, even though I have two plugins installed (Gravatar Enhanced
and WP Recipe Maker) that aren't managed by [WordPress.com]().
When I go to [https://wordpress.com/plugins/scheduled-updates/howdywordcamp.com](), I am able to create a schedule with plugins that aren't managed by [WordPress.com]().
To reproduce:
1. Install and activate non-WordPress.com-managed plugins (example: [https://wordpress.com/plugins/wp-recipe-maker/]()).
2. Go to [https://wordpress.com/plugins/scheduled-updates/create]() and try to create a schedule to update that plugin (I wasn't able to).
3. Go to [https://wordpress.com/plugins/scheduled-updates/YOURURLHERE]() and try to create a schedule to update that plugin (I was able to).
### Site owner impact
Fewer than 20% of the total website/platform users
### Severity
Moderate
### What other impact(s) does this issue have?
Agency or developer revenue
### If a workaround is available, please outline it here.
It looks like the [https://wordpress.com/plugins/scheduled-updates/YOURURLHERE]() schedule maker does work, so that would be a workaround for the [https://wordpress.com/plugins/scheduled-updates/create]() flow.
That said, we're trying to show off our "one dashboard" for managing sites in a WordCamp promo video, and some of the bugs in the /plugins area (this one and [this related one]()) are making that difficult.
### Platform
Atomic
Contributor guide
Research direction
Start by comparing the /plugins/scheduled-updates/create flow with the site-specific /plugins/scheduled-updates/howdywordcamp.com flow, using the listed reproduction steps and video. Trace how each flow discovers non-WordPress.com-managed plugins; done means the create flow allows a valid schedule for those plugins without breaking the existing site-specific flow.
Written by the indexing model from the issue text.
Assessment
- Tech stack
- react, typescript
- Domain
- frontend
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Estimated time
- 3-5 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 20/100