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Step 1: Download the ZIP file from WordPress.org<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
The first step is to download the latest version of the appropriate Kadence plugin from WordPress.org.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Here is the Kadence Blocks page on WordPress.org<\/a> Once you are there, you\u2019ll see a \u201cDownload\u201d button towards the upper right of the page, below the plugin banner. Click on that to Download the latest version of the plugin.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Now you should have a ZIP file in your Downloads folder for the plugin.<\/p>\n\n\n\n NOTE<\/strong>: Some browsers (specifically Safari) automatically unzip ZIP files upon download. If you see a folder instead of a ZIP file, you\u2019ll need to ZIP that folder before proceeding.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Next you need to upload this ZIP file to your WordPress website. The WordPress plugin update system allows you to update a plugin simply by uploading the new ZIP file and it handles the update automatically. <\/p>\n\n\n\n To do this, navigate in your WordPress admin to \u201cPlugins > Add New Plugin\u201d. From there click on \u201cChoose File\u201d. That will open your computer\u2019s file system for you to find the ZIP file you previously downloaded. Choose that and submit.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Once the file is fully uploaded, you should see a message that WordPress has detected that you already have this plugin installed. It will ask you whether you want to \u201cReplace current with uploaded\u201d or \u201cCancel and go back\u201d. Click \u201cReplace current with uploaded\u201d to update your plugin.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The system will now update your plugin to the latest version. That\u2019s it!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" If you find that you are not able to update your free WordPress.org hosted plugin with the standard and automatic WordPress update features, this guide will help you do so manually.\u00a0 This is an example of a WordPress.org timeout error: In cases like this, you\u2019ll need this guide to update your free plugins manually. Step…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":167522,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_kad_blocks_custom_css":"","_kad_blocks_head_custom_js":"","_kad_blocks_body_custom_js":"","_kad_blocks_footer_custom_js":"","_kadence_starter_templates_imported_post":false,"_kad_post_transparent":"","_kad_post_title":"","_kad_post_layout":"","_kad_post_sidebar_id":"","_kad_post_content_style":"","_kad_post_vertical_padding":"","_kad_post_feature":"","_kad_post_feature_position":"","_kad_post_header":false,"_kad_post_footer":false,"_kad_post_classname":"","footnotes":""},"doc_category":[425],"doc_tag":[],"knowledge_base":[5],"class_list":["post-9848","docs","type-docs","status-publish","hentry","doc_category-kadence-general","knowledge_base-kadence-general"],"year_month":"2026-04","word_count":336,"total_views":"3546","reactions":{"happy":"2","normal":"0","sad":"0"},"author_info":{"display_name":"Ben Meredith (Head of Support)","author_link":"https:\/\/www.kadencewp.com\/help-center\/author\/benm\/"},"doc_category_info":[{"term_name":"Kadence General","term_url":"https:\/\/www.kadencewp.com\/help-center\/knowledge-base\/kadence-general\/kadence-general\/"}],"doc_tag_info":[],"knowledge_base_info":[{"term_name":"Kadence General","term_url":"https:\/\/www.kadencewp.com\/help-center\/knowledge-base\/kadence-general\/","term_slug":"kadence-general"}],"knowledge_base_slug":["kadence-general"],"taxonomy_info":{"doc_category":[{"value":425,"label":"Kadence General"}],"knowledge_base":[{"value":5,"label":"Kadence General"}]},"featured_image_src_large":false,"comment_info":0,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kadencewp.com\/help-center\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/docs\/9848","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kadencewp.com\/help-center\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/docs"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kadencewp.com\/help-center\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/docs"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kadencewp.com\/help-center\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/167522"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kadencewp.com\/help-center\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9848"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.kadencewp.com\/help-center\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/docs\/9848\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":16754,"href":"https:\/\/www.kadencewp.com\/help-center\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/docs\/9848\/revisions\/16754"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kadencewp.com\/help-center\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9848"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"doc_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kadencewp.com\/help-center\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/doc_category?post=9848"},{"taxonomy":"doc_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kadencewp.com\/help-center\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/doc_tag?post=9848"},{"taxonomy":"knowledge_base","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kadencewp.com\/help-center\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/knowledge_base?post=9848"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
Here is the Kadence Starter Templates page on WordPress.org<\/a>
Here is the Kadence WooCommerce Email designer page on WordPress.org<\/a>
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