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Total downloads: 4,948
Active installs: 30
Total reviews: 1
Average rating: 5
Support threads opened: 0
Support threads resolved: 0 (0%)
Available in: 1 language(s)
Contributors: 1
Last updated: 4/23/2025 (299 days ago)
Added to WordPress: 1/23/2016 (10 years old)
Minimum WordPress version: 4.3.0
Tested up to WordPress version: 6.8.0
Minimum PHP version: f

Maintenance & Compatibility

Maintenance score

Stale • Last updated 299 days ago • 1 reviews

40/100

Is allow-reinstalls abandoned?

Likely maintained (last update 299 days ago).

Compatibility

Requires WordPress: 4.3.0
Tested up to: 6.8.0
Requires PHP: f

Ratings

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Developers

bobbingwide (Owner)16

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Description

Allows plugins and themes to be updated using the standard WordPress plugin or theme update process.

When you want to update a custom plugin or theme but don’t have an automated process
then you can use this plugin to allow you to install a new version of a plugin or theme
without having to delete the existing plugin or theme.

Tested with WordPress 6.4 and WordPress MultiSite.
Note: This plugin is no longer necessary. WordPress core functionality allows you to update existing plugins and themes.

Installation

  1. Upload the contents of the allow-reinstalls plugin to the /wp-content/plugins/allow-reinstalls directory
  2. Do nothing until you want to update another plugin or theme.

If you’ve attempted to upload a plugin and you’ve received the message that says

Destination folder already exists. path-to/wp-content/plugins/your-plugin/

Plugin install failed.

or you’ve attempted to upload a theme and got

Destination folder already exists. path-to/wp-content/themes/your-theme/

Theme install failed.

then you need to

  1. Activate the allow-reinstalls plugin through the ‘Plugins’ menu in WordPress.
  2. Upload the plugin or theme you want to replace.
  3. Deactivate the allow-reinstalls plugin.

Frequently Asked Questions

Does this work on WordPress MultiSite?

Yes. Use it as a super administrator.

Can I downgrade a plugin or theme?

You’ll be able to do it, but whether or not the system works afterwards depends on the plugin or theme.

Can I leave the plugin active?

No point.

Why doesn’t WordPress allow this anyway?

It does now.

Safety and security; just in case you overwrite the latest version with a back level.

WordPress expects to receive most of its updates automatically, not via a manual upload process.

Where can I read more?

allow-reinstalls on oik-plugins

Review feed

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Screenshots

  1. Upload fails when allow-reinstalls is already installed but inactive

    Upload fails when allow-reinstalls is already installed but inactive

  2. Try again after activating the allow-reinstalls plugin

    Try again after activating the allow-reinstalls plugin

  3. Upload succeeds this time.

    Upload succeeds this time.

Changelog

0.1.0

  • Changed: Update .gitignore. #2
  • Changed: Update PHPUnit tests for PHPUnit 10 & 11 #2
  • Tested: With WordPress 6.8 and WordPress Multisite
  • Tested: With PHP 8.3 and PHP 8.4
  • Tested: With PHPUnit 9, 10, & 11

0.0.5

  • Tested: With PHP 8.1 and PHP 8.2 #2
  • Tested: With WordPress 6.4 and WordPress Multisite
  • Tested: With PHP Unit 9.6

0.0.4

  • Tested: With WordPress 6.3
  • Tested: With PHPUnit 9
  • Tested: With PHP 8.0

0.0.3

  • Tested: With PHPUnit 8
  • Tested: With WordPress 5.3
  • Tested: With PHP 7.3 and PHP 7.4

0.0.2

  • Changed: The PHPUnit tests in the GitHub version for WordPress 4.7 compatibility. See [github bobbingwide oik-batch issue 16]
  • Tested: With WordPress 4.7

0.0.1

  • Changed: Added PHPUnit tests in the GitHub version [github bobbingwide allow-reinstalls issues 1]
  • Tested: With WordPress 4.6

0.0.0

  • Added: New plugin – to allow oik-weightcountryshipping-pro to be updated using WordPress Plugin Install
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