How Do I Force WordPress to Update Plugins?

When you first start using WordPress, you might notice that it does not have all of the plugins that you need. You can add them yourself, or you can use third-party plugins.

However, over time, WordPress might not update the plugins that you use. If this happens, you might need to force WordPress to update the plugins.

To force WordPress to update plugins, you first need to know the plugin’s filename. You can find this information by clicking the “Plugins” menu item in the WordPress admin area, and then clicking the “Installed Plugins” tab. The filename of a plugin is the last part of the plugin’s name, preceded by a dot.

For example, the filename of the plugin that adds a blogroll to your WordPress blog is blogroll.plugin.

To force WordPress to update a plugin, you need to copy the plugin’s filename and paste it into the “Update Plugin” field in the “Plugins” menu item in the WordPress admin area. Then, you need to click the “Update Plugin” button.