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Why You Should Always Use the Latest Version of RevivePress?

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Are you wondering if you should update RevivePress? Although the current version of our plugin may appear to be working just fine, installing the latest update is important to the security and functionality of your site.

In this article, we’ll discuss the reasons why you should always use the latest version of RevivePress. We’ll also show you how to update the plugin.

Improving Security

One of the most important reasons to keep RevivePress up to date is to make sure your site is secure.

We follow coding best practices so our plugins adhere to the highest security standards. If a security issue is discovered in RevivePress, we will work quickly to resolve it right away. Updating your plugin gives you access to important security patches.

If you’re using an older version of RevivePress, there may be known security vulnerabilities in your site. Malicious parties can take advantage of these openings to steal user data or otherwise harm your site.

Accessing New Features

We often include new features in our plugin updates, such as new features and social media, user experience improvements, and more.

By running an outdated version of RevivePress, you’re losing out on all the new features provided by the latest update. Plus, it might be harder for you to follow along with our tutorials and documentation that reference new features you don’t have access to.

Accessing Bug Fixes

Each RevivePress release is thoroughly tested by our team so we can ensure it works properly.

In the event that we discover unexpected behavior or features that aren’t working, we work quickly to release an update to fix these problems. Using the latest version of RevivePress gives you access to these fixes so that the plugin works the way it should.

Maintaining Compatibility with Other Software

Your WordPress site includes several components that all work together, such as:

  • Plugins like RevivePress
  • Your theme
  • WordPress itself
  • PHP, the coding language WordPress uses

All of these components have to be compatible with each other for your website to work properly. When one component releases an update, it may potentially become incompatible with the others.

We release updates to make sure RevivePress stays compatible with WordPress and PHP so it continues to function as intended. As long as all of your site’s components are up to date, they should continue to work seamlessly together.

Note: For more details on RevivePress and PHP version compatibility, see our guide to PHP version support.

Updating other components of your WordPress site but not RevivePress (or vice versa) may lead to critical errors.

Updating RevivePress

Once you verify your plugin license, you can enable automatic updates for RevivePress. This means the latest version will be installed for you and you won’t have to do anything else to keep your plugin up to date.

If you do not enable automatic updates, there are a few different ways to manually update RevivePress. The first is to go to the WordPress Updates screen in your admin dashboard. Just log in and click Dashboard » Updates in the sidebar menu.

Then scroll down to the Plugins section. If there is an update available for RevivePress, you’ll see it listed here. Check the box next to the plugin’s name, then click on Update Plugins.

RevivePress Dashbaord Update

Another option is to go to the Plugins screen. If there is a new version of RevivePress available, you’ll see an update now link below its name. Click on it to update to the latest version.

RevivePress Update Now

The last way you can update RevivePress is by manually uploading the plugin zip file. After you upload the plugin file you downloaded from your account, WordPress will ask if you want to replace the current version with the new one you just uploaded.

Click on Replace current with uploaded to install the new version of RevivePress.

RevivePress Manual Update

That’s it! Now you know all the benefits of keeping RevivePress updated, and how to install the latest version.

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