Updating any WordPress plugin is a vital part of maintaining your WordPress site. Without all the latest updates you might encounter certain bugs along the way that might prevent you from using the plugin to its full potential, or even expose your site to security risks.
Having your plugins up-to-date will ensure that you have all the latest functional and security features installed at all times.
To update any plugin, including Aggregator core, there are 2 main procedures you can follow.
Automatic Updates
Head to the Plugins section in your WordPress dashboard and you will see the WP RSS Aggregator core plugin listed there.
By clicking on Update now, the plugin will automatically update itself and install the new version, overriding the old version.
Once an update is released for the core plugin over on the WordPress plugin repo, it might take some time before the updated version is visible on your WordPress site as shown above. You may want to try speeding up the process as explained here.
Manual Updates
This is a slightly longer process and requires the use of an FTP client such as FileZilla.
Follow the steps below to manually update any of our premium add-ons.
- Download the plugin’s zip file from the WordPress plugin repo.
- Download the zip file and extract it to a new folder on your desktop.
- Connect to your website using your FTP client (ex. FileZilla).
- Once connected, from on the FTP client, go to your website’s plugins folder, usually located within
public_html/wp-content/plugins. - Next, locate the plugin’s file you extracted to on your desktop.
- Upload the file from your desktop to your plugins folder.
- During the update process, choose to
Overwritethe files. - Your plugin is now updated. If you go back to your WordPress site and refresh you will see the new version installed.
Note: Please note that the manual process of updating Aggregator entails the manual replacement of plugin files. Removing the wrong file or folder, or copying the wrong ones, may cause your website to break. We recommend only using this method if you have experience with FTP clients and know what you are doing. If you want to know more about this method, please contact your hosting provider.
