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If you need to update Magento 2 Blog Extension by Magefan, please follow the steps below.

Note: the updating instructions depend on the method the Blog extension was installed with.

Attention! Before the update, we strongly recommend to create a backup of your Magento 2 files and database. 

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  1. Update using composer
  2. Update using archive and FTP
  3. Post-update

Update using composer

If the blog module was installed via the composer (check if vendor/magefan/module-blog folder exists), then you need to run these simple CLI commands in Magento 2 directory:

composer remove magefan/module-NAME
composer require magefan/module-NAME ^x.x.x
# replace NAME with:
# blog - for Basic plan
# blog-plus - for Plus plan
# blog-extra - for Extra plan
# replace x.x.x with the version you want to use
php bin/magento setup:upgrade
php bin/magento setup:di:compile
php bin/magento setup:static-content:deploy

If you want to upgrade to the Plus or Extra, check this guide on how to upgrade Blog plan.

Update using archive and FTP

If the blog module was installed via FTP (check if app/code/Magefan/Blog folder exists), then follow these commands:

1. Download the latest version of blog extension archive from magefan.com.

2. Extract archive.

3. Make the backup copy of the app/code/Magefan/Blog folder on your server and then remove it.

4. Using FTP, copy app folder from the archive to your Magento 2 Directory. 

Update Magento 2 extension via FTP

5. Run update CLI commands in Magento 2 directory:

php bin/magento setup:upgrade
php bin/magento setup:di:compile
php bin/magento setup:static-content:deploy

Note: if you don't want your website to be down during deployment, try these zero downtime deployment commands for Magento 2.

Post-update

Once the update has been performed, you need to check all blog customizations that you have (e.g. blog templates and layouts in your theme, custom modules that extend blog module) and define if you need to update them.