How to Rollback a Theme or Plugin in WordPress?

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Do you need to revert a theme or plugin to an earlier version? Sometimes, after an update, a plugin or theme might cause compatibility issues, break site functionality, or conflict with other tools. Rolling back to a previous version can help restore stability until the issue is fixed.

With the Nexter Extension (Free) plugin, you can easily roll back a theme or plugin to a previous version in your WordPress site.

How to Rollback a Theme or Plugin with the Nexter Extension?

To rollback a theme or plugin with the Nexter Extension plugin, from the WordPress Dashboard, go to Nexter Extension > Utilities.

Then go to the Rollback Manager section, and enable the toggle.

enable rollback manager

Rollback a Plugin

Now, to rollback a plugin, go to the Plugins page.

In each free plugin, you’ll see a Rollback link. 

Once you click on it will take you to the Nexter Extension Rollback Manager page. 

Then select a previous version from the Plugin Rollback dropdown and click on the Rollback button. 

rollback plugin

It will roll back to that previous version of the plugin.

Rollback a Theme

To rollback a theme, go to Appearance > Themes.

Then hover over the theme you want to rollback and click on the Theme Details button.

In that popup, click on the Rollback button, and it will take you to the Nexter Extension Rollback Manager page.

Then select a previous version from the Theme Rollback dropdown and click on the Rollback button. 

rollback theme

It will roll back to that previous version of the theme.

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