You would have known about the website hack right! It’s a solid convention of spam or bots which vulnerably activated in the old version of plugins. So, it’s a must for you to update the old version of the plugin into a new version at regular intervals. Because of one plugin, your whole WordPress account may be hacked or cracked. To update the plugin, just one tap on the button “update” is more enough.
Sometimes, the wp-admin area may get locked due to the lack of new updates in the plugin. In that case, you must deactivate all the plugins and start updating the plugin which creates a problem for you. Whatever may be the situation, you must use cPanel for rectifying these issues.
How to update the WordPress plugin?
Step 1: Use credentials for logging into cPanel and then choose File manager. To choose a file manager, go to the section “Files”.
Step 2: Once if you open the file manager, you can see the home directory. On the left side, check the public_html to open the folder.
Step 3: The website date is usually stored inside the folder of wp-content. Open the wp-content folder.
Step 4: To check the folders of media, plugins and themes kindly open the folder “plugin”.
Step 5: The list of plugins installed will be displayed now. In case, if you want to use Jetpack then you should download it from a repository of the WordPress plugin.
Step 6: And then, you can upload it in the section of “Upload”. On the upload page, you can see the button “select files” or drop the files.
Step 7: The process of upload gets started automatically. By now, the Jetpack’s zip file is displayed. You can extract it by right-clicking on it.
Step 8: Set the path for extracting the files. It would automatically start to override the old plugin.
Tap on the button “Close”.
That’s it! You have done the job correctly. The WordPress plugin has been updated properly.
Sometimes, the wp-admin area may get locked due to the lack of new updates in the plugin. In that case, you must deactivate all the plugins and start updating the plugin which creates a problem for you. Whatever may be the situation, you must use cPanel for rectifying these issues.
How to update the WordPress plugin?
Step 1: Use credentials for logging into cPanel and then choose File manager. To choose a file manager, go to the section “Files”.
Step 2: Once if you open the file manager, you can see the home directory. On the left side, check the public_html to open the folder.
Step 3: The website date is usually stored inside the folder of wp-content. Open the wp-content folder.
Step 4: To check the folders of media, plugins and themes kindly open the folder “plugin”.
Step 5: The list of plugins installed will be displayed now. In case, if you want to use Jetpack then you should download it from a repository of the WordPress plugin.
Step 6: And then, you can upload it in the section of “Upload”. On the upload page, you can see the button “select files” or drop the files.
Step 7: The process of upload gets started automatically. By now, the Jetpack’s zip file is displayed. You can extract it by right-clicking on it.
Step 8: Set the path for extracting the files. It would automatically start to override the old plugin.
Tap on the button “Close”.
That’s it! You have done the job correctly. The WordPress plugin has been updated properly.
