{"id":341,"date":"2017-04-26T21:08:48","date_gmt":"2017-04-26T21:08:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.annawerner.de\/?p=341"},"modified":"2018-01-11T08:52:00","modified_gmt":"2018-01-11T08:52:00","slug":"how-to-update-woocommerce-like-a-pro","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/annaschneider.me\/blog\/how-to-update-woocommerce-like-a-pro\/","title":{"rendered":"How to update WooCommerce like a Pro"},"content":{"rendered":"

<\/b>WooCommerce in a WordPress installation can be a powerful e-commerce setup. To stay that way, the CMS and the plugin need to be upgraded to ensure performance, to stay secure and to look and function continuously well. As important as these updates are, there can always be bugs and conflicts when installing an update on a running website.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

If you want more information on why to update and the basics on how to update, there is great article on codeable: https:\/\/codeable.io\/upgrade-wordpress-woocommerce\/<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

Updating\u00a0WooCommerce is more then just a click on the update button. Or at least it should be – most of all\u00a0with all major releases. In this guide you will get a list on all the things you should test to make sure your installation is running flawlessly and your customers keep having the best shopping experience. Only when having checked off all these items, you know your update is running – or what exactly isn\u2019t and where to start fixing. <\/span><\/p>\n

The update process<\/h2>\n

The first important piece to keep in mind, is that updating is more then entering the updates screen and clicking on “update all”. You should perform updates step by step. That way, you don’t run into endless conflicts without being able to limit the possible sources.<\/p>\n

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  1. Take a backup<\/span><\/li>\n
  2. Use the backup to create a staging site<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n
  3. Update all plugins<\/strong> EXCEPT WooCommerce and its\u00a0extensions
    \n<\/span><\/li>\n
  4. Check<\/strong> your site<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n
  5. Update the theme<\/strong>(s)<\/span><\/li>\n
  6. Check<\/strong> your site<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n
  7. Update WordPress core<\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n
  8. Check<\/strong> your site<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n
  9. Now you can update WooCommerce<\/strong> and the WooCommerce extensions. <\/span><\/li>\n
  10. TEST YOUR STORE<\/span><\/strong><\/li>\n
  11. Update the live site<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    Testing your updated WooCommerce store<\/h2>\n

    Even though developers test their software before pushing updates, every installation is different and every server – plugin – theme combination is unique. Therefore, you cannot trust that everything will just work as it did. You always need to test everything! Or all future problems and bugs could be related to when you did not test and debugging will \u00a0be a long and difficult process.<\/p>\n

    The following list is only for core\u00a0WooCommerce. If you have any extensions like subscriptions, bookings, germanized etc installed, you also have to check all of their functionality in the front and the back end.<\/p>\n

    If you want to keep the list handy, you can also download it here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

    Front-End Screens<\/h3>\n

    What many\u00a0store owners want to see first, is if everything still looks good and works for their customers. But just looking at the archives and saying \u201elooks fine to me\u201c will not do the job. This is what you should check:<\/span><\/p>\n

    Product Archives<\/h4>\n