1. Make a Backup

Before doing any kind of work on your website, it's important to take a backup first. If there are any problems, you can restore to your working backup. This is important, don't think it will be OK and just start updating. If something does go wrong, it's much harder to fix it than it is to restore a previous backup.

In some cases, you might want to make a "copy" of your website and test updates there first before updating plugins on your live site.

With Olive & Lake's maintenance plan, we always take a backup before making any updates.

2. Login to WordPress

Open your preferred browser on your computer and navigate to - https://yourdomain.com/wp-admin.

Make sure that you change "yourdomain" with your own domain name.

If you want to learn how to login WordPress, you can read this article "How to Login to WordPress".

3. Plugins Page

When you are logged in the WordPress, you will see a vertical menu on the left.

Go down to where you see "Plugins" and click "installed plugins" to see your list of plugins.

4. Update Plugins

You can see which plugins need updating when you see the message " This is a new version of (plugin name) available. View version x.x.x details or update now."

Click on "update now" to update the plugin. It might take a few seconds for updating.

After you have updated a plugin, visit your website to check everything is working correctly.

5. Bulk Update

You can also update multiple plugins at the same time by using "Bulk Actions".

Firstly, check the box at front of each plugin name. Then, go to the top and click " Bulk Actions". You will see a list of actions. Select "update". Your plugins will be updated to the latest version.

6. Clear Cache

Olive & Lake uses caching to ensure that WordPress pages load quickly. You will need to clear the cache after making any updates.