Title: Plugin update warnings for same version?
Last modified: March 31, 2023

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# Plugin update warnings for same version?

 *  Resolved [delanthear](https://wordpress.org/support/users/delanthear/)
 * (@delanthear)
 * [3 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-update-warnings-for-same-version/)
 * We’ve received loads of these for our sites, which appear to be warning us to
   update a plugin to the version which is currently installed…
 * —-
 * Medium Severity Problems:
 * * The Plugin “Astra Pro” needs an upgrade (4.1.3 -> 4.1.3).
 * [https://wpastra.com/pricing/?utm_source=graupi-license-form&utm_medium=graupi-license-invalidation&utm_campaign=purchase-astra/#developers](https://wpastra.com/pricing/?utm_source=graupi-license-form&utm_medium=graupi-license-invalidation&utm_campaign=purchase-astra/#developers)
 * 1 existing issue was found again and is not shown
 * —
 * Why is it telling us we need to update when we don’t?

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 *  Plugin Support [wfpeter](https://wordpress.org/support/users/wfpeter/)
 * (@wfpeter)
 * [3 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-update-warnings-for-same-version/#post-16613671)
 * Hi [@delanthear](https://wordpress.org/support/users/delanthear/), thanks for
   getting in touch.
 * It has been known for a scan to start running around the same time as automatic/
   manual plugin updates are performed, so picks up the outdated plugins at the 
   start but won’t realize plugins have been updated by the time it ends.
 * Sometimes re-running a full scan rather than a quick scan could resolve update
   discrepancies such as this too. It is also known for plugin developers to occasionally
   make a very minor update and not increment the version number of their plugin.
   This should also get spotted and updated when our servers check for latest plugin
   repository versions, but this happens at set intervals during the week so can
   appear modified for up to 48 hours, which could be less depending on timing of
   the scans.
 * Let us know here if this notice doesn’t disappear within a few days.
 * Thanks,
   Peter.
 *  Thread Starter [delanthear](https://wordpress.org/support/users/delanthear/)
 * (@delanthear)
 * [3 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-update-warnings-for-same-version/#post-16644288)
 * This really smells like a bug in your scanning. I’ve received a number of these
   now across different sites where it warns about a missing update to the same 
   version.
 * Surely the check should verify that the email it is about to send makes sense
   before sending it? Perhaps it should redo the check on the plugin version numbers
   before it sends the email. It spooks our customers when they receive nonsensical
   warning messages from the plugin that we’ve told them to trust :/
 *  Thread Starter [delanthear](https://wordpress.org/support/users/delanthear/)
 * (@delanthear)
 * [3 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-update-warnings-for-same-version/#post-16645510)
 * I don’t know if this makes a difference, but the plugin that’s generating the
   error is Astra Pro. The email has this on it:
 * > * The Plugin “Astra Pro” needs an upgrade (4.1.4 -> 4.1.4).
   > [https://wpastra.com/pricing/?utm_source=graupi-license-form&utm_medium=graupi-license-invalidation&utm_campaign=purchase-astra/#developers](https://wpastra.com/pricing/?utm_source=graupi-license-form&utm_medium=graupi-license-invalidation&utm_campaign=purchase-astra/#developers)
   > NOTE: You are using the free version of Wordfence. Upgrade today:
 * However, the plugin is licenced and marked as such. Is there a reason why it’s
   linking the the paid for version?
    -  This reply was modified 3 years, 2 months ago by [delanthear](https://wordpress.org/support/users/delanthear/).

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 * Last reply from: [delanthear](https://wordpress.org/support/users/delanthear/)
 * Last activity: [3 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-update-warnings-for-same-version/#post-16645510)
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