Plugins are often developed separately from your application. You may wish to upgrade your plugins to more recent versions to allow them to work with your application version or simply to take advantage of new features in a plugin version. The Universal Plugin Manager (UPM) provides you with a list of plugins that have available upgrades and allows you to upgrade each plugin individually or in bulk.

On this page:

Upgrading a plugin

To access the Universal Plugin Manager:
  1. Log in to your application with the appropriate permissions to access the Universal Plugin Manager. (See Navigating to the Universal Plugin Manager for application-specific instructions.)
  2. The Universal Plugin Manager screen appears, showing a list of the plugins installed on your application.

To upgrade a plugin:

  1. Click the Upgradetab. The plugin upgrades page will appear.
    • If there is a later version of a plugin that you have already installed, this page will show the latest compatible version of the plugin.
    • You can click the plugin name to expand the row and see more information about the plugin.
    • You can filter your list by entering keywords in the Filter plugins text box.
  2. Click the Upgrade Now button next to the relevant plugin to update it to the plugin version shown.

Upgrading all plugins

To access the Universal Plugin Manager:
  1. Log in to your application with the appropriate permissions to access the Universal Plugin Manager. (See Navigating to the Universal Plugin Manager for application-specific instructions.)
  2. The Universal Plugin Manager screen appears, showing a list of the plugins installed on your application.

To upgrade all available plugins:

  1. Click the Upgrade tab.
    The system displays the plugin upgrades page will appear.
    • If there is a later version of a plugin that you have already installed, this page will show the latest compatible version of the plugin.
    • You can click the plugin name to expand the row and see more information about the plugin.
    • You can filter your list by entering keywords in the Filter plugins text box.

  2. Click the Upgrade All button to update every plugin to the plugin versions shown.

    Not all plugins can be installed or upgraded via the Universal Plugin Manager. These plugins you must manually install and upgraded. 

Screenshot above: Upgrading Plugins

Notes

Checking plugin compatibility for application upgrades. If you are considering upgrading your application, you can use the Universal Plugin Manager to check the compatibility of your plugins with your desired application version. See Checking Plugin Compatibility for Application Upgrades.

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2 Comments

  1. Dave Thomas

    Aug 22, 2010

    I notice the old versions of plugins that have been upgraded are left in the <jira-home>/plugins/installed-plugins directory.  It would be nice if they were renamed or somehow marked as unused.   Over time, it seems like a lot of clutter will otherwise result in the installed-plugins directory and it would be nice to know what can be removed and what can't.

    1. Dave Hergert

      Jul 11, 2011

      +1 for that.