Title: Update without increasing version number?
Last modified: May 21, 2026

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# Update without increasing version number?

 *  Resolved [John-Pierre Cornelissen](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jpnl/)
 * (@jpnl)
 * [2 weeks ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/update-without-increasing-version-number/)
 * Hello,
 * Did you update plugin files without updating the version number?
 * Wordfence gave me a warning that several files on my system are different from
   the WordPress repository (on multiple sites).
 * ![](https://i0.wp.com/snipboard.io/Zfc80U.jpg?ssl=1)
 * The changelog shows an update from 1 day ago (today is 21 May), but the version
   number is still the same as from the release back in March. So I have 1.9.2. 
   version files from March installed while the repository has newer files with 
   the same version number, hence the warning from WordFence.
 * ![](https://i0.wp.com/snipboard.io/1SgFsB.jpg?ssl=1)
 * Please release an actual update with increased version number when you update
   files in the repository.
 * Thanks
   JP

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 *  Plugin Support [fesupportteam](https://wordpress.org/support/users/fesupportteam/)
 * (@fesupportteam)
 * [2 weeks ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/update-without-increasing-version-number/#post-18914924)
 * Hi [@jpnl](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jpnl/)
 * We just contacted the support team regarding this, and they said that the update
   simply modified a couple of links and nothing else in the original plugin. However,
   they also mentioned that version 1.9.2.1 should be released later this or a next
   week.
 * Apologies for any inconvenience this may bring.
 * Best Regards,
   Victor
 *  Thread Starter [John-Pierre Cornelissen](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jpnl/)
 * (@jpnl)
 * [2 weeks ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/update-without-increasing-version-number/#post-18914940)
 * Thanks for the reply. I know the changes, WordFence has an option to compare 
   both files 😉
 * You shouldn’t change files in the repository without changing the version number
   to trigger an actual update, because no matter how big the change, even a single
   character change will trigger WordFence (and other security plugins) as it could
   mean that the website has been compromised.
 * Thanks for understanding
   JP
 *  Plugin Support [fesupportteam](https://wordpress.org/support/users/fesupportteam/)
 * (@fesupportteam)
 * [1 week, 6 days ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/update-without-increasing-version-number/#post-18915662)
 * Hi [@jpnl](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jpnl/)
 * Thank you for sharing the detailed review. We will make sure to prevent such 
   modifications in the future in order not to cause any issues.
 * Best Regards,
   Victor

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