Title: Great Functionality but Terrible Upgrade Process
Last modified: June 3, 2020

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# Great Functionality but Terrible Upgrade Process

 *  [jryanjp](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jryanjp/)
 * (@jryanjp)
 * [6 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/great-functionality-but-terrible-upgrade-process/)
 * This is the only plugin I’ve ever used where you can’t just upgrade it. For some
   reason, they require you to completely uninstall the “Free” version and then 
   reinstall the “Premium” version. So, after you’ve gone through all the trouble
   of installing, configuring and testing the free version, you have to re-install
   and re-configure everything again.
 * Every other WordPress plugin I’ve tried just lets you “activate” the premium 
   version without any re-install needed. Why can’t UpDraft Plus do this?
 * As for a backup solution, it works fine.

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