# Always make sure that you are using the latest version of the Wordpress plugin!

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**Category:** Wordpress Plugin\
**Created:** [October 22, 2021, 9:31am UTC](https://www.patreondevelopers.com/t/always-make-sure-that-you-are-using-the-latest-version-of-the-wordpress-plugin/4851 "2021-10-22T09:31:51Z")\
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**Author:** ![codebard](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/user_avatar/www.patreondevelopers.com/codebard/32/14_2.png) [@codebard](https://www.patreondevelopers.com/u/codebard)\
**Post date:** [October 22, 2021, 9:31am UTC](https://www.patreondevelopers.com/t/always-make-sure-that-you-are-using-the-latest-version-of-the-wordpress-plugin/4851/1 "2021-10-22T09:31:51Z")

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I recently looked into a case in which Patreon WordPress was failing to unlock content for qualifying patrons.

The web host informed the site owner that the process was failing due to a cookie named ‘patreon\_cookie’.

Except that cookie was removed from the plugin ~2 years ago. Meaning that the plugin version at the site is likely _extremely_ old.

In order to avoid such situations, always try to make sure that you are running the latest version of the plugin. Otherwise you may encounter issues that were solved long before.

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**Author:** ![codebard](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/user_avatar/www.patreondevelopers.com/codebard/32/14_2.png) [@codebard](https://www.patreondevelopers.com/u/codebard)\
**Post date:** [October 26, 2021, 5:56am UTC](https://www.patreondevelopers.com/t/always-make-sure-that-you-are-using-the-latest-version-of-the-wordpress-plugin/4851/2 "2021-10-26T05:56:35Z")

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Any user of Flywheel, WPEngine or any other host that caches cookies should contact their host and make sure that they are able to install and use the latest version of the plugin.

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**Author:** ![tal](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/user_avatar/www.patreondevelopers.com/tal/32/4_2.png) [@tal](https://www.patreondevelopers.com/u/tal)\
**Post date:** [October 26, 2021, 3:56pm UTC](https://www.patreondevelopers.com/t/always-make-sure-that-you-are-using-the-latest-version-of-the-wordpress-plugin/4851/3 "2021-10-26T15:56:53Z")

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