Manual Plugin Update_Method for Manually Upgrading WordPress Plugins

Previously sharedHow to Upgrade WordPress? Solution for 'Another update is currently in progress'和Solutions for Failed WordPress Version or Plugin Upgrades, but neither article detailed how toManually Upgrade WordPress Plugins, this article details the method of manually upgrading WordPress plugins.

Reasons for manually upgrading WordPress plugins

Why is it necessary to manually upgrade WordPress plugins? Keeping the WordPress version and WordPress plugins up-to-date helpsimprove website security, but if you are using a domestic server, you may encounter instability in the network connection from the server to the WordPress update website, leading to upgrade failures.

Steps for manually upgrading WordPress plugins

The method for manually upgrading WordPress plugins is similar to that of manually upgrading the WordPress version.Note: After WordPress 5.5 update, manually upgrading a plugin only requires directly uploading the new version of the plugin from the backend again, which will prompt you whether to replace the old version. The following operations are no longer necessary.1. Download the installation file of the new version WordPress plugin 2. Replace the old version WordPress plugin filesDetailed operation steps example:For example, the plugin in the image below prompts an update, but the network from the server to the WordPress update server is unavailable, causing the automatic update to fail, so manual update is the only option. First, click the deactivate button to disable the plugin (not mandatory, but recommended for safety).Then, access the plugin folder on the server via FTP or SSH, and delete the folder of the plugin to be upgraded (or rename it to old version plugin). Next, go to the WordPress website to download the new version plugin installation package, and upload it via the backend install plugin upload function (or extract and upload via FTP).Finally, enable the plugin.