diff --git a/classes/pref/prefs.php b/classes/pref/prefs.php
index 013d589ca..db7a3e04f 100644
--- a/classes/pref/prefs.php
+++ b/classes/pref/prefs.php
@@ -627,29 +627,6 @@ class Pref_Prefs extends Handler_Protected {
 
 		print "</div>"; #pane
 
-
-		if (($_SESSION["access_level"] >= 10 || SINGLE_USER_MODE) && CHECK_FOR_NEW_VERSION) {
-			print "<div dojoType=\"dijit.layout.AccordionPane\" title=\"".__('Update Tiny Tiny RSS')."\">";
-
-			if ($_SESSION["pref_last_version_check"] + 86400 + rand(-1000, 1000) < time()) {
-				$_SESSION["version_data"] = @check_for_update($this->link);
-				$_SESSION["pref_last_version_check"] = time();
-			}
-
-			if (is_array($_SESSION["version_data"])) {
-				$version = $_SESSION["version_data"]["version"];
-				print_notice(T_sprintf("New version of Tiny Tiny RSS is available (%s).", "<b>$version</b>"));
-
-				print "<p><button dojoType=\"dijit.form.Button\" onclick=\"return updateSelf()\">".
-					__('Update Tiny Tiny RSS')."</button></p>";
-
-			} else {
-				print_notice(__("Your Tiny Tiny RSS installation is up to date."));
-			}
-
-			print "</div>"; #pane
-		}
-
 		global $pluginhost;
 		$pluginhost->run_hooks($pluginhost::HOOK_PREFS_TAB,
 			"hook_prefs_tab", "prefPrefs");
@@ -657,36 +634,6 @@ class Pref_Prefs extends Handler_Protected {
 		print "</div>"; #container
 	}
 
-	function updateSelf() {
-		print "<form style='display : block' name='self_update_form' id='self_update_form'>";
-
-		print "<div class='error'>".__("Do not close this dialog until updating is finished. Backup your tt-rss directory before continuing.")."</div>";
-
-		print "<ul class='selfUpdateList' id='self_update_log'>";
-		print "<li>" . __("Ready to update.") . "</li>";
-		print "</ul>";
-
-		print "<div class='dlgButtons'>";
-		print "<button id=\"self_update_start_btn\" dojoType=\"dijit.form.Button\" onclick=\"return dijit.byId('updateSelfDlg').start()\" >".
-			__("Start update")."</button>";
-		print "<button id=\"self_update_stop_btn\" onclick=\"return dijit.byId('updateSelfDlg').close()\" dojoType=\"dijit.form.Button\">".
-			__("Close this window")."</button>";
-		print "</div>";
-		print "</form>";
-	}
-
-	function performUpdate() {
-		$step = (int) $_REQUEST["step"];
-		$params = json_decode($_REQUEST["params"], true);
-		$force = (bool) $_REQUEST["force"];
-
-		if (($_SESSION["access_level"] >= 10 || SINGLE_USER_MODE) && CHECK_FOR_NEW_VERSION) {
-			include "update_self.php";
-
-			print	json_encode(update_self_step($this->link, $step, $params, $force));
-		}
-	}
-
 	function toggleAdvanced() {
 		$_SESSION["prefs_show_advanced"] = !$_SESSION["prefs_show_advanced"];
 	}
diff --git a/js/prefs.js b/js/prefs.js
index 1d21e0cd5..51d8412fc 100644
--- a/js/prefs.js
+++ b/js/prefs.js
@@ -2208,74 +2208,6 @@ function batchSubscribe() {
 	}
 }
 
-function updateSelf() {
-	try {
-		var query = "backend.php?op=pref-prefs&method=updateSelf";
-
-		if (dijit.byId("updateSelfDlg"))
-			dijit.byId("updateSelfDlg").destroyRecursive();
-
-		var dialog = new dijit.Dialog({
-			id: "updateSelfDlg",
-			title: __("Update Tiny Tiny RSS"),
-			style: "width: 600px",
-			closable: false,
-			performUpdate: function(step) {
-				dijit.byId("self_update_start_btn").attr("disabled", true);
-				dijit.byId("self_update_stop_btn").attr("disabled", true);
-
-				notify_progress("Loading, please wait...", true);
-				new Ajax.Request("backend.php", {
-				parameters: "?op=pref-prefs&method=performUpdate&step=" + step +
-					"&params=" + param_escape(JSON.stringify(dialog.attr("update-params"))),
-				onComplete: function(transport) {
-					try {
-						rv = JSON.parse(transport.responseText);
-						if (rv) {
-							notify('');
-
-							rv['log'].each(function(line) {
-								$("self_update_log").innerHTML += "<li>" + line + "</li>";
-							});
-
-							dialog.attr("update-params", rv['params']);
-
-							if (!rv['stop']) {
-								window.setTimeout("dijit.byId('updateSelfDlg').performUpdate("+(step+1)+")", 500);
-							} else {
-								dijit.byId("self_update_stop_btn").attr("disabled", false);
-							}
-
-						} else {
-							console.log(transport.responseText);
-							notify_error("Received invalid data from server.");
-						}
-
-						dialog.attr("updated", true);
-					} catch (e) {
-						exception_error("updateSelf/inner", e);
-					}
-				} });
-			},
-			close: function() {
-				if (dialog.attr("updated")) {
-					window.location.reload();
-				} else {
-					dialog.hide();
-				}
-			},
-			start: function() {
-				if (prompt(__("Live updating is considered experimental. Backup your tt-rss directory before continuing. Please type 'yes' to continue.")) == 'yes') {
-					dialog.performUpdate(0);
-				}
-			},
-			href: query});
-
-		dialog.show();
-	} catch (e) {
-		exception_error("batchSubscribe", e);
-	}
-}
 
 function toggleAdvancedPrefs() {
 	try {
diff --git a/plugins/updater/README.txt b/plugins/updater/README.txt
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..083a19f71
--- /dev/null
+++ b/plugins/updater/README.txt
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Updates tt-rss installation to latest version.
diff --git a/plugins/updater/updater.js b/plugins/updater/updater.js
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..17452d734
--- /dev/null
+++ b/plugins/updater/updater.js
@@ -0,0 +1,69 @@
+function updateSelf() {
+	try {
+		var query = "backend.php?op=pluginhandler&plugin=updater&method=updateSelf";
+
+		if (dijit.byId("updateSelfDlg"))
+			dijit.byId("updateSelfDlg").destroyRecursive();
+
+		var dialog = new dijit.Dialog({
+			id: "updateSelfDlg",
+			title: __("Update Tiny Tiny RSS"),
+			style: "width: 600px",
+			closable: false,
+			performUpdate: function(step) {
+				dijit.byId("self_update_start_btn").attr("disabled", true);
+				dijit.byId("self_update_stop_btn").attr("disabled", true);
+
+				notify_progress("Loading, please wait...", true);
+				new Ajax.Request("backend.php", {
+				parameters: "?op=pluginhandler&plugin=updater&method=performUpdate&step=" + step +
+					"&params=" + param_escape(JSON.stringify(dialog.attr("update-params"))),
+				onComplete: function(transport) {
+					try {
+						rv = JSON.parse(transport.responseText);
+						if (rv) {
+							notify('');
+
+							rv['log'].each(function(line) {
+								$("self_update_log").innerHTML += "<li>" + line + "</li>";
+							});
+
+							dialog.attr("update-params", rv['params']);
+
+							if (!rv['stop']) {
+								window.setTimeout("dijit.byId('updateSelfDlg').performUpdate("+(step+1)+")", 500);
+							} else {
+								dijit.byId("self_update_stop_btn").attr("disabled", false);
+							}
+
+						} else {
+							console.log(transport.responseText);
+							notify_error("Received invalid data from server.");
+						}
+
+						dialog.attr("updated", true);
+					} catch (e) {
+						exception_error("updateSelf/inner", e);
+					}
+				} });
+			},
+			close: function() {
+				if (dialog.attr("updated")) {
+					window.location.reload();
+				} else {
+					dialog.hide();
+				}
+			},
+			start: function() {
+				if (prompt(__("Live updating is considered experimental. Backup your tt-rss directory before continuing. Please type 'yes' to continue.")) == 'yes') {
+					dialog.performUpdate(0);
+				}
+			},
+			href: query});
+
+		dialog.show();
+	} catch (e) {
+		exception_error("batchSubscribe", e);
+	}
+}
+
diff --git a/plugins/updater/updater.php b/plugins/updater/updater.php
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..f88ebe409
--- /dev/null
+++ b/plugins/updater/updater.php
@@ -0,0 +1,76 @@
+<?php
+class Updater extends Plugin {
+
+	private $link;
+	private $host;
+
+	function __construct($host) {
+		$this->link = $host->get_link();
+		$this->host = $host;
+
+		$host->add_hook($host::HOOK_PREFS_TAB, $this);
+	}
+
+	function get_prefs_js() {
+		return file_get_contents(dirname(__FILE__) . "/updater.js");
+	}
+
+	function hook_prefs_tab($args) {
+		if ($args != "prefPrefs") return;
+
+		if (($_SESSION["access_level"] >= 10 || SINGLE_USER_MODE) && CHECK_FOR_NEW_VERSION) {
+			print "<div dojoType=\"dijit.layout.AccordionPane\" title=\"".__('Update Tiny Tiny RSS')."\">";
+
+			if ($_SESSION["pref_last_version_check"] + 86400 + rand(-1000, 1000) < time()) {
+				$_SESSION["version_data"] = @check_for_update($this->link);
+				$_SESSION["pref_last_version_check"] = time();
+			}
+
+			if (is_array($_SESSION["version_data"])) {
+				$version = $_SESSION["version_data"]["version"];
+				print_notice(T_sprintf("New version of Tiny Tiny RSS is available (%s).", "<b>$version</b>"));
+
+				print "<p><button dojoType=\"dijit.form.Button\" onclick=\"return updateSelf()\">".
+					__('Update Tiny Tiny RSS')."</button></p>";
+
+			} else {
+				print_notice(__("Your Tiny Tiny RSS installation is up to date."));
+			}
+
+			print "</div>"; #pane
+		}
+
+	function updateSelf() {
+		print "<form style='display : block' name='self_update_form' id='self_update_form'>";
+
+		print "<div class='error'>".__("Do not close this dialog until updating is finished. Backup your tt-rss directory before continuing.")."</div>";
+
+		print "<ul class='selfUpdateList' id='self_update_log'>";
+		print "<li>" . __("Ready to update.") . "</li>";
+		print "</ul>";
+
+		print "<div class='dlgButtons'>";
+		print "<button id=\"self_update_start_btn\" dojoType=\"dijit.form.Button\" onclick=\"return dijit.byId('updateSelfDlg').start()\" >".
+			__("Start update")."</button>";
+		print "<button id=\"self_update_stop_btn\" onclick=\"return dijit.byId('updateSelfDlg').close()\" dojoType=\"dijit.form.Button\">".
+			__("Close this window")."</button>";
+		print "</div>";
+		print "</form>";
+	}
+
+	function performUpdate() {
+		$step = (int) $_REQUEST["step"];
+		$params = json_decode($_REQUEST["params"], true);
+		$force = (bool) $_REQUEST["force"];
+
+		if (($_SESSION["access_level"] >= 10 || SINGLE_USER_MODE) && CHECK_FOR_NEW_VERSION) {
+			include "update_self.php";
+
+			print	json_encode(update_self_step($this->link, $step, $params, $force));
+		}
+	}
+
+
+	}
+}
+?>