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Need to restore database

RR Rhonda Ramadge
Rhonda Ramadge
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Member since Jul 2013
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Feb 21, 2015 · 5:09 pm · Edited

After restoring my site from a backup simple press plugin is version 5.5.3 but the database is 5.5.4. Can you advise how I can correct this. Should I manually update the plugin or can I change the database version. my site is http://www.gcps.org.au

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YS Yellow Swordfish
Yellow Swordfish
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Feb 21, 2015 · 5:24 pm

Updating the plugin software is the safest approach. I suspect you probably wont get anything offered via the WP update panel because of conflicting version numbers – which it will look in the database for – so you will probably need to manually make the update using FTP. Same goes for any SP plugins you may be using.

RR Rhonda Ramadge
Rhonda Ramadge
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Member since Jul 2013
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Feb 21, 2015 · 5:47 pm

I suspected this would be the case. Do I just upload the entire simple press folder to overwrite the original plugin folder.

YS Yellow Swordfish
Yellow Swordfish
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Feb 22, 2015 · 2:39 am

Apologies for not coming back earlier but it seems you have it sorted which is good news.

It is rare that a new release/update to SP doesn’t make some database change – even if only a small one and therefore an older version of the software might show problems because of the missing db changes,