On September 30, WP Engine was blocked from accessing WordPress.org, subsequently the WP Engine engineering team has developed an alternative update mechanism for free community versions of plugins and themes.
WP Engine and Flywheel hosting customers are unaffected and do not need to take action, or manually install this update and will continue to receive updates to plugins and themes as usual through the WordPress admin.
If your website is not hosted at WP Engine or Flywheel, you can ensure that you receive updates promptly by following the steps below.
Only free community versions of plugins and themes owned by WP Engine are impacted. These plugins and themes include:
The versions linked below are the most up-to-date. They also include an update mechanism that interacts with the WP Engine update service.
This manual download/upload process is a one-time action. After these versions have been applied, you will be able to update these plugins/themes within the WordPress admin as normal.
Download the latest versions from the following links:
If this is your first time installing one of these plugins or themes, follow these steps:
If you already have versions of these plugins or themes installed on your website, there are two options to receive both immediate and ongoing updates.
If your website has a single free WP Engine owned plugin or theme, you can download the installable zip file and then upload the file via the WordPress admin to install it on your site.
This is a one-time action that will link your plugin or theme to WP Engine’s update service for future updates in the WordPress admin.
Follow these steps:
If you have multiple free WP Engine owned plugins or themes on your website, you can update them individually using the process outlined in option 1 above, or you can install the WP Engine Secure Updater plugin to centrally manage updates.
The WP Engine Secure Updater plugin will connect any free WP Engine owned plugins or themes installed on your website with our update service.
Follow these steps:
We recommend leaving the WP Engine Secure Updater plugin installed until all free WP Engine owned plugins have been updated to the latest version. Plugins and themes updated with this service can be updated as normal in the WordPress admin moving forward.
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