Are there any plans to include a feature to allow for downloading and installing the latest Epesi version from the administration panel? The manual process is a bit cumbersome.
Yes - we are working on it. It will be available in one of next releases.
Good News! I have been trying to offload some routine tasks, and the updates can soon be one of them.
If you installed EPESI on a hosting service that support Softaculous you can set your installation to autoupdate and autobackup:
Manual upgrade:
Automatic backup and autoupgrade: