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title: How To Manually Update The Instant IDE Manager Plugin
description: "The Instant IDE Manager Plugin includes auto-update capability, but in some cases a manual update may be necessary. In such cases you can accomplish this by doing the following: 1. De-activate your current version of Instant IDE Manager in the…"
url: "https://docs.cobaltapps.com/articles/how-to-manually-update-the-instant-ide-manager-plugin/"
updated: "2022-08-26"
category: Instant IDE
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# How To Manually Update The Instant IDE Manager Plugin

The Instant IDE Manager Plugin includes auto-update capability, but in some cases a manual update may be necessary. In such cases you can accomplish this by doing the following:

1. De-activate your current version of Instant IDE Manager in the Plugins admin page of your WordPress Dashboard.
2. Download the latest version of Instant IDE Manager from your "[My Account](https://cobaltapps.com/my-account/)" page on CobaltApps.com.
3. Unzip that downloaded file onto your computer and locate the unzipped "instant-ide-manager" folder.
4. Use FTP (or whatever server file management solution is appropriate to your particular installation) to navigate to the /wp-content/plugins/ directory where you should see the folder for the old version of Instant IDE Manager. So that directory structure should look like this: /wp-content/plugins/instant-ide-manager/
5. Delete that old /instant-ide-manager/ folder located in your /wp-content/plugins/ directory.
6. Upload the freshly unzipped /instant-ide-manager/ folder to that same /wp-content/plugins/ directory.
7. Go back to your Plugins admin page and reactivate the Instant IDE Manager Plugin.

After following the steps above you should now have an up-to-date copy of the Instant IDE Manager Plugin on your server.