This article will walk you through the process of updating Plugins and Themes manually through FTP.
Let us follow the steps-
- Before making any modifications to your website, create a backup for unforeseen events.
- Disable the theme or plugin before updating to stop any combat during the update process.
- Get the latest version by visiting the developer’s website for the theme or plugin and initiate the download process.
- Abstract the downloaded file to a location on your computer.
- Utilise an FTP client such as FileZilla to connect to your website’s files.
- Within the FTP client, locate the “wp-content/themes” directory for themes or the “wp-content/plugins” directory for plugins.
- Remove the outdated version of the theme or plugin from the website’s files.
- Through the FTP client, transfer and upload the latest version of the theme or plugin to the website’s files.
- After successfully uploading the new version, return to the WordPress dashboard and activate the theme or plugin.
This way, you can update Plugin & Themes Manually through FTP. For proper functioning and security of the website, you should regularly update plugins and themes.
