Outdated plugins are one of the main reasons why websites are hacked.
Plugin developers release new versions of their plugins with security fixes.
So, it is important you update your active plugins regularly.
“Oh! but some of my plugins are not getting updated, How do I fix that?”
Got it.
It means it could be a premium plugin and the license of the premium plugin must be activated to get new updates.
New updates for premium plugins are available only when the plugin has an active license.
So, try to see if you active subscription for the plugin, if not, get a new license by purchasing the plugin.
But you must update the plugin no matter what.
Having said that, new plugin updates could cause:
For example, the “The Events Calendar” plugin’s 6.0 update was a major update, and most websites suffered from errors and design changes on the front end.
So, it is ideal to test the plugin update on a staging site (a clone of your live website for testing purposes).
If everything goes well on the staging site:
