Title: Update plugin for WordPress 5
Last modified: January 28, 2019

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# Update plugin for WordPress 5

 *  [DesignBold](https://wordpress.org/support/users/designboldit/)
 * (@designboldit)
 * [7 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-for-wordpress-5/)
 * I have a plugin for wordpress 4, now I need to make that work for wordpress 5.
   Should I create a new plugin or is there any other way?

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 *  [Jacob Peattie](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jakept/)
 * (@jakept)
 * [7 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-for-wordpress-5/#post-11138980)
 * What about your plugin isn’t working in WordPress 5?
 * Keep in mind that for WordPress the second digit is the major version. So 4.8,
   4.9, 5.0 are all equally significant updates, at least when it comes to backwards
   compatibility. “WordPress 4” and “WordPress 5” are not completely different versions
   of WordPress. 5.0 is an incremental release following 4.9.
 * In 5.0 nothing changed so significantly that a plugin that worked in 4.9 won’t
   work in 5.0. The only exception is in regards to the editor. 5.0 introduced a
   new editor, so if your plugin dealt with the editor, then it will likely need
   updates. But your plugin will continue to work if the user opts to use the old
   editor, or if your plugin had nothing to do with the editor.
 *  Thread Starter [DesignBold](https://wordpress.org/support/users/designboldit/)
 * (@designboldit)
 * [7 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-for-wordpress-5/#post-11199561)
 * my plugin add a button to media button, when WordPress update to WordPress 5 
   that replace editor and hidden my button.

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 * [wordpress 5](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/wordpress-5/)

 * In: [Fixing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/how-to-and-troubleshooting/)
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 * Last reply from: [DesignBold](https://wordpress.org/support/users/designboldit/)
 * Last activity: [7 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-for-wordpress-5/#post-11199561)
 * Status: not resolved

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