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Updating Plugins Automatically

How the connector learns about new versions, manual and bulk updates, per-plugin auto-updates, what protects the site during an update, and rollback.

Updated Oct 13, 2026
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Every plugin installed through Zeebrar keeps receiving updates as long as the site is connected and your subscription is active. You can apply updates by hand, in bulk, or let each plugin update itself.

How the connector learns about a new version

Zeebrar refreshes its catalog from the upstream plugin sources every 6 hours. The connector on your site asks Zeebrar for available updates and caches the answer for 12 hours, so a new version normally shows up on the site within 18 hours of entering the catalog. Available updates appear in three places:

  • GPLC Connector > Plugin Updates in WordPress, with the current version, the new version and the credit cost
  • The standard WordPress Plugins and Updates screens, because the connector plugs into WordPress's own update check
  • The site's page in your Zeebrar dashboard, and the Bulk plugin updates card on the Sites page

Updating by hand

One plugin

  1. Open GPLC Connector > Plugin Updates
  2. Click Update next to the plugin

If the button reads Insufficient credits, top up from the link on the same screen or from the pricing page.

Several plugins on one site

  1. Open GPLC Connector > Installed
  2. Tick the plugins, choose Update under Bulk Actions and apply

Several sites at once

On the Pro and Agency plans, open Sites in your account, click Check all sites for updates on the Bulk plugin updates card, tick what you want and confirm. Zeebrar applies the updates in the background, three at a time across your sites.

Letting plugins update themselves

  1. Open GPLC Connector > Installed
  2. Switch the Auto-Update toggle on for each plugin you want handled automatically

Auto-updates run through WordPress's own scheduled update system. On WordPress 6.6 and newer, WordPress core backs up the plugin before the update and restores it if the update breaks the site; the connector reports the outcome to Zeebrar either way, so the activity feed on your account dashboard shows what was updated and whether anything was rolled back.

What an update costs

Updating to a newer version costs the plugin's tier price, the same as a first install. Rolling back to, or reinstalling, a version you already paid for on that site is free.

Rolling back

If an update causes a problem:

  1. Open GPLC Connector > Installed and click Rollback on the plugin
  2. Pick the version to return to from the list

You can do the same from the site's page in your Zeebrar dashboard. A rollback runs through the connector's protected install: the current folder is backed up, the older version is installed, the site is health-checked, and the backup is restored if the check fails.

Updates stop when

  • The subscription is cancelled and the paid period has ended
  • The site has been disconnected or revoked
  • The connector has been deactivated on the site

In each case the plugins keep working at their current version; they simply stop receiving new ones until the site is connected again.

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