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Updating plugins directly on server - by Jens

This topic has 4 replies, 3 voices, and was last updated 7 years, 5 months ago ago by Laranz

Jens

Participant

May 27, 2017 at 14:38

Hi, I’d like to know your recommendation on manually uploading an update to a plugin:

1) instead of extracting the zip file locally, isn’t it faster to upload the entire zip file and extract on the server?
2) is it better to delete the current plugin folder on the server which you want to replace before extracting or should you just overwrite existent files and folders?
3) while updating on server should you deactive the plugin in WordPress?
4) I have 2 rows ‘WPBakery Visual Composer’ in WordPress plugin overview. How can I delete the older version?

Looking very much forward to your reply.
Best.
Jens

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3 Answers

Rizath

Member

May 29, 2017 at 06:38

1) yes

2) no. rather than that backup it by renaming the folder. in case, if your new version makes any conflict you can revert back the old version.

3) No need

4) Go to admin dashboard >> plugins where you can see the plugin list.
In two VC you can see their versions. deactivate the old one and then delete it.

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Jens

Participant

July 16, 2017 at 11:31

Sorry for the late reply but better late than never – thx for the clear response 🙂

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Laranz

Participant

July 17, 2017 at 06:36

Hi,

No problem @Jens. 🙂

Let us know if you have any other questions,

Thanks,
laranz.

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