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How to update your plugin

Provided you have an active licence, your plugin can be updated from within your WordPress admin.

Just go to the Plugins page in your admin and checking whether an update is available next to your plugin’s name.

Update your plugin

Just click the ‘update now’ link to update to the latest version.

Note that you will need to have your licence key entered to be able to receive updates.

Ensure you have activated your licence key

Your licence key will need to be activated. Please see the Installation support document for your plugin to find out how to activate your licence key.

I still don’t see an update available

If you don’t see an update available on the Plugins page but you are expecting one, you can go to Dashboard > Updates and reload the page a couple of times. This will trigger WordPress to go looking for updates.

Are you running iThemes?

Please try temporarily disabling the iThemes plugin then go to Dashboard > Updates and reload the page. This is to test whether iThemes is blocking the update. You can re-enable iThemes after.

I still don’t see an update

If you’re still not seeing an update, and you have your licence key entered, then go to your Account page and download the latest version. You can upload this via FTP. You won’t lose any data this way; though it’s always wise to take a back-up before making changes like this.

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