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# Updating WordPress plugins

> This article explains how to update WordPress plugins.\_Keeping WordPress plugins up-to-date is important to help ensure\_site security and performance.

This article explains how to update WordPress plugins. Keeping WordPress plugins up-to-date is important to help ensure site security and performance.

## Updating WordPress plugins

To manually update plugins in WordPress, follow these steps:

1. Log in to WordPress as the administrator.

2. On the **Dashboard** sidebar, click **Plugins**, and then click **Installed Plugins**:\
   ![WordPress - Dashboard - Plugins - Installed plugins](https://static.hosting.com/kb/kb-wordpress-sidebar-plugins-installed-plugins_1.png)

3. The plugin page lists of all the plugins that have been installed. When there is an update available for a plugin, a notification appears:

   * To update the plugin immediately, click **update now**.

   * To review details about the plugin, click **View version details**. In the details dialog box, to update the plugin, click **Update Now**.![WordPress - ](https://static.hosting.com/kb/kb-wordpress-installed-plugins-update-now.png)

   > 👍 Tip
   >
   > To ensure your plugins are updated quickly and automatically, in the **Automatic Updates** column, click **Enable auto-updates**. Enabling automatic updates helps keep your site secure by installing updates when they become available, without the need for manual updating.
   >
   > ![WordPress - Plugins - Enable auto-updates](https://static.hosting.com/kb/kb-wordpress-plugins-enable-auto-updates.png)

4. When the update is complete, the notification changes to **Updated!**:\
   ![WordPress - Plugin updated notification](https://static.hosting.com/kb/kb-wordpress-plugins-updated.png)

## More information

For more information about WordPress plugin management, please see [https://wordpress.org/support/article/managing-plugins/](https://wordpress.org/support/article/managing-plugins/).

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