https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/topic/automatic-versus-manual-upgrade Gravity Support Forums Topic: Automatic versus manual upgrade en-US Mon, 20 Apr 2026 08:47:11 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.0.1 q https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/search.php https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/topic/automatic-versus-manual-upgrade#post-811 Sat, 10 Oct 2009 12:01:56 +0000 Carl Hancock 811@https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/ <p>See Kevin's post above as to where you enter your license key to register the plugin.</p> <p>As Kevin mentioned, I highly recommend not making any changes to the CSS file that is included with the plugin. Use CSS inheritance and put changes in your themes stylesheet instead.</p> <p>Automatic Upgrades always overwrite the existing plugin files, including the CSS file that is included with the plugin. Any style changes should be housed with your theme. </p> <p>Just like the core WordPress files, you shouldn't make any changes to to the files that come with the plugin. </p> https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/topic/automatic-versus-manual-upgrade#post-808 Sat, 10 Oct 2009 10:51:38 +0000 Kevin Flahaut 808@https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/ <p>Richard,</p> <p>copy the license number from the email you received when you purchased Gravity Forms, go into the WP admin and then to the forms settings page. Enter your license key at the top of the settings page and save the settings. Once you've done that, you should see the automatic upgrade option in the plugins panel.</p> <p>If you choose to upgrade manually, you can overwrite the plugin folder without losing any of your forms. However, If you've done any custom styling in the default CSS file, you'll want to be sure and back that up before upgrading manually or automatically as the changes will be overwritten. </p> https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/topic/automatic-versus-manual-upgrade#post-795 Fri, 09 Oct 2009 17:53:31 +0000 RichardBest 795@https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/ <p>Hi there - I'm keen to upgrade from the original version of GF I purchased to the latest but the automatic upgrade link doesn't work. It says I need to register. Where does one register? I've already purchased GF and I've registered for these forums but don't see any other registration link. </p> <p>If I upgrade manually, will overwriting the entire plugin folder do any damage (e.g., wipe) existing forms I've created?</p> <p>Many thanks<br /> Richard </p>