Title: Paid version – Upgrade error
Last modified: August 22, 2016

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# Paid version – Upgrade error

 *  Resolved [jesse_garnier](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jesse_garnier/)
 * (@jesse_garnier)
 * [11 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/paid-version-upgrade-error/)
 * Hello, I am running the paid version of Strictly Auto Tags. When I upgraded the
   plugin from within WordPress, I got the following error message:
 * > The plugin strictlyautotags_paidversion/strictlyautotags.class.php has been
   > deactivated due to an error: Plugin file does not exist.
 * Is there preferred way to upgrade the paid version other than from within WordPress?
   I can download and re-install a plug-in manually but don’t know how to download
   the upgraded version 2.9.9.
 * Many thanks!
 * [https://wordpress.org/plugins/strictly-autotags/](https://wordpress.org/plugins/strictly-autotags/)

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 *  Plugin Author [strictly-software](https://wordpress.org/support/users/strictly-software/)
 * (@strictly-software)
 * [11 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/paid-version-upgrade-error/#post-5832189)
 * Hi
 * Only the free version is hosted and controlled by WordPress’s system.
 * The paid for version is a separate stand alone version where you must pay for
   it and copy the files by FTP to your server.
 * Upgrading is not a possibility.
 * As I only charge £40 for the paid for version there is no expectation or claim
   in the licence that someone paying for a version in 2012 for £40 can expect to
   get upgrades for the rest of the plugins life for free.
 * If you want a new version of the paid for version you would need to pay for it.
 * I have put a lot of work into the plugin and £40 is not a lot of money when your
   a web developer and your boss charges your services at £750 per day to clients
   so I need to do it this way to earn money from all the hundreds of hours I have
   and continue to put into this project.
 * The free version gets bug fixes and some new functionality but will lag behind
   the paid for version by a long way.
 * Re-Copy up the old paid for version you had by FTP and that should fix your problem.
   You can then do the manual fix that I told you about to get round the problem
   or pay for the new version that has the option to override it from the control
   panel.
 * Thanks
 * Rob
 *  Thread Starter [jesse_garnier](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jesse_garnier/)
 * (@jesse_garnier)
 * [11 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/paid-version-upgrade-error/#post-5832225)
 * Thank you for your message. I just purchased the previous version in November
   and thought there might be an upgrade window. Thanks for the clarification and
   the outstanding software.

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