Updating MemberPress Plugin and Its Add-ons

MemberPress plugins and add-ons updates provide security updates, new features, and other enhancements. Updating MemberPress and add-ons ensures these plugins continue functioning well with WordPress, themes, and other plugins on your website.

This document explains how to update the MemberPress core plugin and add-ons. Furthermore, the document will guide you through both the automatic and manual updating process.

Automatic MemberPress Updates

MemberPress settings (MemberPress > Settings > General tab > Automatic Updates section) enable automatic updates by default. Therefore, the default option set will be to apply All updates released. Furthermore, if necessary, you can change this to Minor Updates Only or None (disabled).

Here, if you disable automatic updates, you will still receive notifications about MemberPress core plugin or add-on updates. Therefore, you can decide whether to update the plugin and do the update at a time that fits your schedule.

Note: Disabling automatic updates is advisable if you have custom integrations or custom solutions developed for MemberPress on your website. Since each update brings some changes, checking the MemberPress or add-on changelog before updating is advisable to avoid issues.

Updating MemberPress Manually

If, for any reason, automatic updates are not possible or do not meet your needs, you can update plugins manually. To update MemberPress or add-ons manually, follow these steps:

1. Download the latest stable MemberPress or add-on version (.zip file) from your account page.
2. Log in to your website and navigate to Dashboard > Plugins > Add New Plugin.

Note: Additionally, please keep in mind that only users with specific permission can update plugins. Therefore, you must log in to your website with the user who has permission to manage plugins. By default, these are users with the Administrator user role.

3. Click the Upload Plugin button.
4. Here, click Choose File and select the .zip file you previously downloaded to your computer.

5. Click Install Now to upload and install the new version of the plugin.
6. On the next page, click the Replace current with uploaded button. This confirms that you wish to replace the existing plugin version on your website with the new one.

7. Once the new version is installed, click Activate Plugin.

Note: All your MemberPress-related data is stored in the database. Thus, your data and settings won’t be lost when updating the plugin.

Update Package Not Available

When you update a MemberPress add-on, WordPress may show “Update package not available.” On the Plugins page, the add-on may also show “Automatic update is unavailable for this plugin.”

This means WordPress found a new version but did not get a download link for your site. MemberPress gets that link only when all of these are true:

• Your license key is active on this site.
• Your license has not expired.
• Your license includes the add-on.
• The installed MemberPress edition matches your license.

To fix the error, follow these steps:

1. Go to Dashboard > MemberPress > Settings and open the License tab. Check that your license key is active on this site.
2. Log in to your account page. Check that your license is active and includes the add-on.
3. Update the add-on again. If the error remains, update it manually as described above.

The add-on’s update notice may also say “To restore automatic updates, install the correct edition of MemberPress.” This means the installed MemberPress edition does not match your license. In that case, follow How to Upgrade or Downgrade Your MemberPress Edition.