{"id":30,"date":"2025-07-17T04:48:07","date_gmt":"2025-07-17T04:48:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wptabs.com\/docs\/?post_type=docs&#038;p=30"},"modified":"2025-08-18T06:43:57","modified_gmt":"2025-08-18T06:43:57","slug":"updating-the-plugin","status":"publish","type":"docs","link":"https:\/\/wptabs.com\/docs\/updating-the-plugin\/","title":{"rendered":"Updating the Plugin"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>With each new release, <strong>we fix bugs, add new features, improve performance, and enhance existing features<\/strong> to stay up to date with new industry standards. You can update the plugin in two ways:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>1. Manual Update:<\/strong> If you want to update the plugin to the latest version manually, please follow the instructions below:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Download the latest version from <a href=\"https:\/\/shapedplugin.com\/account\/downloads\/\"><strong>My Account<\/strong><\/a><strong> \u2192 Dashboard \u2192 Download<\/strong>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Deactivate and delete the existing version.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Install the plugin as usual.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>No data will be lost. All the previous shortcodes and settings will be carried over to the latest version.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>2. Automatic Update (One-Click): <\/strong>Once you activate the license key, you\u2019ll get regular <strong>Update Notifications<\/strong> on your plugin dashboard when an update is available. Simply click on update!&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure data-wp-context=\"{&quot;imageId&quot;:&quot;69f9d9f537a17&quot;}\" data-wp-interactive=\"core\/image\" data-wp-key=\"69f9d9f537a17\" class=\"wp-block-image size-large wp-lightbox-container\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"451\" data-wp-class--hide=\"state.isContentHidden\" data-wp-class--show=\"state.isContentVisible\" data-wp-init=\"callbacks.setButtonStyles\" data-wp-on--click=\"actions.showLightbox\" data-wp-on--load=\"callbacks.setButtonStyles\" data-wp-on-window--resize=\"callbacks.setButtonStyles\" src=\"https:\/\/wptabs.com\/docs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/smart-tabs-automatic-update-notification-1024x451.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-31\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wptabs.com\/docs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/smart-tabs-automatic-update-notification-1024x451.png 1024w, https:\/\/wptabs.com\/docs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/smart-tabs-automatic-update-notification-300x132.png 300w, https:\/\/wptabs.com\/docs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/smart-tabs-automatic-update-notification-768x338.png 768w, https:\/\/wptabs.com\/docs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/smart-tabs-automatic-update-notification-1536x676.png 1536w, https:\/\/wptabs.com\/docs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/smart-tabs-automatic-update-notification-2048x901.png 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><button\n\t\t\tclass=\"lightbox-trigger\"\n\t\t\ttype=\"button\"\n\t\t\taria-haspopup=\"dialog\"\n\t\t\taria-label=\"Enlarge\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-init=\"callbacks.initTriggerButton\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-on--click=\"actions.showLightbox\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-style--right=\"state.imageButtonRight\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-style--top=\"state.imageButtonTop\"\n\t\t>\n\t\t\t<svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"12\" height=\"12\" fill=\"none\" viewBox=\"0 0 12 12\">\n\t\t\t\t<path fill=\"#fff\" d=\"M2 0a2 2 0 0 0-2 2v2h1.5V2a.5.5 0 0 1 .5-.5h2V0H2Zm2 10.5H2a.5.5 0 0 1-.5-.5V8H0v2a2 2 0 0 0 2 2h2v-1.5ZM8 12v-1.5h2a.5.5 0 0 0 .5-.5V8H12v2a2 2 0 0 1-2 2H8Zm2-12a2 2 0 0 1 2 2v2h-1.5V2a.5.5 0 0 0-.5-.5H8V0h2Z\" \/>\n\t\t\t<\/svg>\n\t\t<\/button><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"parent":0,"menu_order":100,"template":"","docs_cat":[3],"class_list":["post-30","docs","type-docs","status-publish","hentry","docs_cat-getting-started"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wptabs.com\/docs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/docs\/30","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wptabs.com\/docs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/docs"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wptabs.com\/docs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/docs"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/wptabs.com\/docs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/docs\/30\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wptabs.com\/docs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=30"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"docs_cat","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wptabs.com\/docs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/docs_cat?post=30"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}