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== Automatic updates ==
== Automatic updates ==
=== Automatic updates for WordPress ===
=== Automatic updates for WordPress ===
* Go to '''Dashboard''' at the upper left of the screen and go to '''updates'''
* Go to '''Dashboard''' at the upper left of the screen and go to '''updates'''.
* Toggle  <u>Enable automatic updates for all new versions of WordPress</u>
* Toggle  <u>Enable automatic updates for all new versions of WordPress</u>.
[[File:Enable WordPress updates.png|frameless|500x500px|alt=|center]]
[[File:Enable WordPress updates.png|frameless|500x500px|alt=|center]]


=== Automatic updates for plugins ===
=== Automatic updates for plugins ===
* Navigate to '''Plugins''' in the left sidebar and select '''Installed plugins'''
* Navigate to '''Plugins''' in the left sidebar and select '''Installed plugins'''.
* In the dropdown menu select '''Enable Auto-updates'''.
* In the dropdown menu select '''Enable Auto-updates'''.
* Check the boxes next to the plugins you want to update automatically
* Check the boxes next to the plugins you want to update automatically.
[[File:Auto updates for plugins.png|frameless]]
[[File:Auto updates for plugins.png|frameless]]
* Press '''Apply''' next to the previously mentioned dropdown menu
* Press '''Apply''' next to the previously mentioned dropdown menu.


=== Automatic updates for themes ===
=== Automatic updates for themes ===
* Navigate to '''Appearance''' in the left sidebar and select '''Themes'''
* Navigate to '''Appearance''' in the left sidebar and select '''Themes'''.
* Click on the theme thumbnail and select <u>Enable auto-updates</u>. This must be done for each theme separately
* Click on the theme thumbnail and select <u>Enable auto-updates</u>. This must be done for each theme separately.
[[File:Auto-update themes.png|center|frameless|781x781px]]
[[File:Auto-update themes.png|center|frameless|781x781px]]


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* Pending updates will be displayed as a notification in the left bar of the interface.
* Pending updates will be displayed as a notification in the left bar of the interface.
[[File:Needed updates .png|frameless]]
[[File:Needed updates .png|frameless]]
* Go to '''Dashboard''' at the upper left of the screen and go to '''updates'''
* Go to '''Dashboard''' at the upper left of the screen and go to '''updates'''.
* All updates will be visible on this page. First check the boxes next to the plugins you want to update
* All updates will be visible on this page. First check the boxes next to the plugins you want to update.
* Now click the '''Update Plugins''' button.  
* Now click the '''Update Plugins''' button.  
The same can be done for the WordPress version and the themes.
The same can be done for the WordPress version and the themes.

Revision as of 16:00, 20 April 2021

Maintaining the software of your website is crucial to ensure everything remains operational and secure. Making sure to perform updates on a regular basis is an important part of that. Beyond fixing security bugs, updates of WordPress as well as its plugins and themes, may introduce new useful features and ensures that no problems arise when we upgrade our servers every two years.

While consistently applying updates has many benefits, the most important aspect for you as an account holder and ULYSSIS as the server maintainer is of course that the information on your website is safe and that your visitors can safely visit your website. We therefore advise that all users enable full updating automation within WordPress. This way, you no longer need to perform updates yourself, but the entire process will be automated. The instructions within this manual primarily go into how to fully automate the process, but you can also find instructions on manual updates. Do keep in mind that security issues, especially in popular plugins or WordPress itself, are often exploited by cybercriminals within a few days after the release of a fix.

Automatic updates

Automatic updates for WordPress

  • Go to Dashboard at the upper left of the screen and go to updates.
  • Toggle Enable automatic updates for all new versions of WordPress.

Automatic updates for plugins

  • Navigate to Plugins in the left sidebar and select Installed plugins.
  • In the dropdown menu select Enable Auto-updates.
  • Check the boxes next to the plugins you want to update automatically.

Auto updates for plugins.png

  • Press Apply next to the previously mentioned dropdown menu.

Automatic updates for themes

  • Navigate to Appearance in the left sidebar and select Themes.
  • Click on the theme thumbnail and select Enable auto-updates. This must be done for each theme separately.
Auto-update themes.png

Manually updating WordPress, plugins and themes

  • Pending updates will be displayed as a notification in the left bar of the interface.

Needed updates .png

  • Go to Dashboard at the upper left of the screen and go to updates.
  • All updates will be visible on this page. First check the boxes next to the plugins you want to update.
  • Now click the Update Plugins button.

The same can be done for the WordPress version and the themes.