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title: Update manually SEOPress PRO
url: "https://www.seopress.org/support/guides/update-manually-seopress-pro/"
lang: en-US
updated: 2025-06-13
---

# Update manually SEOPress PRO

If you are unable to auto-update SEOPress PRO, you can do it manually.

## From your WordPress admin

For that, go in your **WordPress** administration, then **Plugins**.

**Disable** and then **delete** the SEOPress PRO extension.

[![Delete SEOPress from the WordPress administration](https://www.seopress.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/wordpress-plugin-deactivation-seopress.png)](https://www.seopress.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/wordpress-plugin-deactivation-seopress.png)

*Delete SEOPress from the WordPress administration*

**We won’t delete any data from your database.**

Then, click **Add**, send the **ZIP** file of the downloadable extension from your [customer area](https://www.seopress.org/support/guides/update-manually-seopress-pro/) and click **Install Now** button.

[![Upload the ZIP file of SEOPress to WordPress - Manual installation](https://www.seopress.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/wordpress-plugin-upload-zip-seopress.png)](https://www.seopress.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/wordpress-plugin-upload-zip-seopress.png)

*Upload the ZIP file of SEOPress to WordPress – Manual installation*

**Activate** and that’s it!

## Using SFTP client

**Download** and **install** a **FTP/SFTP client** like Filezilla, Transmit, Cyberduck etc.

Ask your webhost your **FTP/SFTP credentials** to sign in to your server.

Once done, **connect to your server** and go to **wp-content/plugins** directory.

Delete `wp-seopress` and/or `wp-seopress-pro` folders.

Once done, send the **newest versions previously downloaded** from your computer to your server.

Then go back to your **WordPress admin** and **enable** the plugins.

If the last step was already done, **disable SEOPress Free** and **PRO** and **reactivate** them to make sure all activation / deactivation hooks are correctly executed.