Updating one plugin on all sites

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Hi, the other day a plugin that is in use on many sites announced a vulnerability. On Manage Plugins, I select all sites, then search for the plugin. I’m not sure what to do with the resulting table, which shows me all the sites that have the plugin, a column for each installed version, checkboxes, and a toggle switch at the beginning of each row. I found it difficult to interpret the meaning of the toggle, and with the checkboxes my only option was to use the bulk actions: Install, Deactivate, Ignore Updates. But nothing was there to actually update the plugin to the newest version.

My use case at the moment was to be able to find instances of a vulnerable plugin and update them in one place.

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You can use the Updates screen to update the plugin. Maybe change the view to “Show updates per Plugin/Theme”.

Another option from the Plugins screen is to select the vulnerable sites and choose Install to install the new version. It will overwrite the old version.

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Thanks @josklever this is exactly what I was hoping to find! I didn’t know about it. I wonder if this is something that would make sense to have on the Manage Plugins page.

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I’m not sure what you mean. One of the methods is available on the Manage Plugins page. But updating is something that’s basically for the Updates page.