Are you running an older version of WP Team? While updates may seem relatively unimportant and easy to ignore, they’re actually vital to make sure your Team Showcases continue to work properly.
In this article, we’ll discuss the reasons why you should keep WP Team up to date, as well as how to upgrade to the latest version.
Improving Security #
One of the most important reasons to keep the WP Team updated is for security purposes.
We follow coding best practices to keep our plugins secure. If a security issue is discovered, we work quickly to patch it right away. Keeping WP Team up to date ensures you receive these security-related fixes.
Running an older version of WP Team could mean that there are known security vulnerabilities in your site that malicious parties can use to damage your site or steal data.
Accessing New Features #
New versions of WP Team often include new features, such as access to new addons, new field types, user experience improvements, and more.
If you don’t update WP Team, you’ll miss out on all of the new features the latest version of our plugin offers. Additionally, you might find it more difficult to follow our documentation or other tutorials that reference new features to you don’t have access to.
Accessing Bug Fixes #
We thoroughly test every WP Team release to make sure everything functions the way it’s supposed to.
When we discover issues like features that don’t work properly or cause unexpected outcomes, we work quickly to release a new version of our plugin to fix these problems. Updating WP Team gives you access to these solutions so that everything works as it should.
