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How to Properly Update WordPress plugins (Step By Step)?

Want to learn how to easily update WordPress plugins? Here is a step by step guide on how to update WordPress plugins, how to undo plugin updates and more.

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How to Properly Update WordPress plugins (Step By Step)?

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  1. HOW TO PROPERLY UPDATE WORDPRESS PLUGINS (STEP BY STEP)? A guide by Subhom Kumar WordPress Technical Support

  2. When you start your blog and install plugins, for security reason it’s very important to keep your plugins updated. Here you will get detailed information, how to properly update your WordPress plugins and how to manage those updates more efficiently.

  3. Why Update Your WordPress Plugins? WordPress Plugins gives you additional feature and function on your website like adding contact forms, photo, galleries, sliders, etc. It’s just like you have your apps on your smartphone Plugins are very useful if it’s required. It is created by third-party developers. These third-party developers keep changing their plugins by adding new features, improving code quality and for securement. These changes come as an update. That’s why you have to always keep your WordPress plugins up to date to ensure that those changes are immediately applied to your site and takes full benefit of that. This also maintains your WordPress Security and performance of your website.

  4. HOW TO PROPERLY UPDATE YOUR WORDPRESS PLUGINS? WordPress comes with a built-in feature which has automatic update system. This built-in feature automatically checks for latest updates and shows you notifications when any update is available for your WordPress plugins, themes and WordPress core software.

  5. For manually checking, you have to visit Dashboard » Updates page.

  6. Whenever a new update is available for plugins, you will get a notification on the Plugins menu in the WordPress admin bar. By visiting the Plugins page you can install these updates. You will get notification below each plugin which has updates to install.

  7. You just have to click on ‘Update Now’ link to start your update.

  8. BULK UPDATE WORDPRESS PLUGINS If you have many updates available on your WordPress site, then you will want to quickly review those updates and update those plugins. For that, you have to go in Plugins page and click on the ‘Update Available’ link. Here you will get the list of all plugins which have updates available. For the bulk update, you have to select all of them and then select ‘Update’ to start your updates.

  9. BEFORE YOU START UPDATE, READ THIS! Whenever you start to update the plugin, it’s important for you to know which version it is. To check plugin version, click on version details link to see what changes author has made. If anything will not work properly, you will be knowing what changes were done. Until and unless the version details specifically, says security update, wait for one week before updating the plugin. By this time, all errors usually get caught, reported and fixed. For heavy traffic site which generates lots of leads, we recommend doing the same.

  10. HOW TO UNDO THE WORDPRESS PLUGIN UPDATE? Sometimes a plugin update can produce unexpected error like some plugin crashes or features may not work properly In this case, first of all, you have to deactivate that plugin. In WordPress admin area, if you can access the plugin page then simply click on the ‘Deactivate’ link below the misbehaving plugin.

  11. After deactivating that plugin, you can get the previous version of the plugin by clicking on ‘Rollback’. Rollback allows the plugin to go back any previous version. In rollback you will get all the previous version, now you can change your plugin version from there which suits your WordPress site.

  12. If you can’t get access to WordPress admin area, then here is the guide to deactivate all plugins.

  13. FEW TIPS HOW TO MANAGE YOUR WORDPRESS PLUGINS MORE EFFICIENTLY If you are having multiple WordPress sites, then you will get to know that you have to update plugins quite frequently. Here are few tips which will help you to manage them more efficiently. If you are trusted about the plugins that you are using, then you can enable automatic updates to all those plugins.

  14. If you are not having multiple WordPress sites, then you can setup email notifications for plugin updates. This will help you to be alert when any update is available without logging into your WordPress sites. Always set automatic backup for plugin on your WordPress site. This feature will allow restoring your website if anything goes wrong. We hope this article helps you to learn how to update WordPress plugins. For more information visit official WordPress Support Toll-Free:- +1 844 897 0441 Please do like & share and comment below.

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