Title: Complete the update button?
Last modified: April 1, 2024

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# Complete the update button?

 *  Resolved [sponwp](https://wordpress.org/support/users/sponwp/)
 * (@sponwp)
 * [2 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/complete-the-update-button/)
 * Hi,
 * In the plugin admin settings menu, I see a “Complete the update button” at the
   top of the screen – what does this actually do please?
 * We usually use a multi-site update plugin and seldom visit the actual site admin
   unless the client requests it, however following the latest security patch, we
   logged in to take a look. I don’t want to press anything unless I understand 
   what it does. Does this mean the security patch was not actually fully installed
   when we first loaded it a number of days ago?
 * Regarding the security issue, is there anything specific we can check for to 
   make sure sites haven’t been compromised please?
 * Thanks for explaining.

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 *  Plugin Author [Chad Butler](https://wordpress.org/support/users/cbutlerjr/)
 * (@cbutlerjr)
 * [2 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/complete-the-update-button/#post-17543258)
 * The “complete update” button makes sure that any specific updates that were part
   of the version upgrade are completed. There are several ways that WP plugins 
   can be updated, and depending on how a plugin was updated, certain action hooks
   may or may not have been triggered. So that button makes sure that any specific
   upgrades for your particular version were completed.
 * Regarding the security issue, you can review the data contained in your wp_usermeta
   table for the meta key “wpmem_reg_ip”. If they all contain only valid IPv4 and
   IPv6 data, then you’re fine.
    -  This reply was modified 2 years, 2 months ago by [Chad Butler](https://wordpress.org/support/users/cbutlerjr/).
 *  Thread Starter [sponwp](https://wordpress.org/support/users/sponwp/)
 * (@sponwp)
 * [2 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/complete-the-update-button/#post-17544509)
 * Thanks for the fast reply. All checked and fine.

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