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lucasb	# June 25, 2024, 3:35 am
Group: Member Post Group: Newbie Posts: 2 Status:	Hello, I work for a big WordPress plugin company, and we've encountered a serious bug affecting our customers, potentially linked to the Softaculous auto-update process. Could a Softaculous developer clarify the exact process used during an automatic plugin update? I am particularly interested in whether Softaculous extracts the update directly into the existing directory, overwriting any conflicting files, or if it completely removes the old version before extracting the new one. For example, if a plugin version 1.0 includes a file named "version-1.php" and this file is removed in version 2.0, replaced by "version-2.php", what would happen to "version-1.php" after an update via Softaculous? Do both files remain, or is the older one deleted? A clear understanding of this process is crucial for ensuring our plugins maintain seamless functionality across updates. Thank you for your attention to this matter.
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Brijesh	# July 5, 2024, 7:07 am \| Post: 1
Group: Softaculous Team Post Group: Super Member Posts: 5805 Status:	Hi, Sorry for the delay in response. At the moment Softaculous overwrites the new plugin files over the existing ones. We have made the changes to delete the existing plugin and then overwrite the new plugin files and we will be releasing this update soon. Thank you for reporting the issue. ----------------------- Webuzo - Multi User Hosting Control Panel AMPPS - Best WordPress/PHP/MySQL development tool
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lucasb	# July 5, 2024, 1:43 pm \| Post: 2
Group: Member Post Group: Newbie Posts: 2 Status:	Thank you for your prompt solution.
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Brijesh	# April 15, 2025, 8:18 am \| Post: 3
Group: Softaculous Team Post Group: Super Member Posts: 5805 Status:	Hi, Sorry for the delay. We missed this thread hence the update took long. We have released the updated WordPress package today which improves the plugins/themes update functionality. The package should reach across all servers within 24 hours. Now while updating WordPress plugins/themes Softaculous will delete the existing plugin/theme folder and then unzip the new plugin/theme package to avoid stale files being left over. Softaculous will also enable Maintenance Mode during the upgrade process. ----------------------- Webuzo - Multi User Hosting Control Panel AMPPS - Best WordPress/PHP/MySQL development tool
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