Title: Impossible to update
Last modified: September 3, 2016

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# Impossible to update

 *  [timmitra](https://wordpress.org/support/users/timmitra/)
 * (@timmitra)
 * [11 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/impossible-to-update/)
 * This plugin seems to be impossible to update. I have been using it for years 
   and it initially very easy to install and use. However I have NEVER been able
   to update the app through automated methods. Proceed with caution.
 * I have raised my review to 3 stars, because I do like the Akismet integration.

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 *  [Neil Murray](https://wordpress.org/support/users/buzztone/)
 * (@buzztone)
 * [11 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/impossible-to-update/#post-7946591)
 * I am able to update the plugin regularly without any problems on many different
   websites and several different servers. Any issue you have is almost certainly
   due to something on your local WP install.
 * Delete the plugin folder at wp-content/plugins/contact-form-7/ using FTP (don’t
   use Delete option on Plugins page as this may erase all CF7 forms) and install
   the plugin again.
 *  Thread Starter [timmitra](https://wordpress.org/support/users/timmitra/)
 * (@timmitra)
 * [11 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/impossible-to-update/#post-7946592)
 * Thanks buzztone, that is what I have been doing with each update. This is the
   only plugin that has ever caused me this much grief when trying to update. There
   are many WP users who don’t have a good grasp of the behind the scenes workings
   of WordPress. This is a complex plugin and as such users may find that they have
   trouble updating.
 * Thanks for the advice, but I stand by my review. Buyer beware!
 *  [Neil Murray](https://wordpress.org/support/users/buzztone/)
 * (@buzztone)
 * [11 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/impossible-to-update/#post-7946600)
 * @tinmitra – with currently over 6 million active websites, it is inevitable that
   some users, like yourself, will have problems updating Contact Form 7 due to 
   issues on their particular WordPress install.
 * Hopefully others reading this review will also consider my very different point
   of view.
 *  [StudioGroup](https://wordpress.org/support/users/studiogroup/)
 * (@studiogroup)
 * [11 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/impossible-to-update/#post-7946603)
 * I’ve used this plug-in on at least 50 different WordPress sites on several different
   servers for a few years now, and it’s always been a simple and fast “click to
   upgrade” in the admin dashboard with never even one problem. (After ‘click to
   upgrade’ became available on the later versions of WordPress.) Best wishes for
   you in discovering whatever it is that causing a problem for your upgrades.

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 * Last reply from: [StudioGroup](https://wordpress.org/support/users/studiogroup/)
 * Last activity: [11 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/impossible-to-update/#post-7946603)