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Install, Update, or Uninstall

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What you should know about installing, uninstalling, and updating.

Before You Install

Check our Compatibility Guide if you want to know whether Acrolinx for WordPress works with your local platforms.

Before you install, make sure you have the following:

Compatibility Matrix
Supported WordPress Versions Supported Maintained Deprecated Support for Acrolinx AI Assistant and Suggestions Notes
6.6 1.5.1 -- 1.5.0 and earlier 1.5.1 and later Requires PHP version 8.0 or later. Wordpress only maintains the latest major version of its product, so Acrolinx will do the same.

Install

You'll need administrator rights for both Acrolinx and WordPress to install and configure Acrolinx for WordPress.

To install Acrolinx for WordPress, do the following:

  1. Go to Plugins > Add New

  2. Click Upload Plugin.

  3. Search for "Acrolinx" in the Search Plugins box, and click Install Now.

  4. Click Activate Plugin.

  5. Connect WordPress to your Acrolinx Platform.

Update

NOTICE

Planning to update WordPress? You’ll need to uninstall Acrolinx first. Check out our Compatibility Guidebefore you reinstall Acrolinx to make sure it works with your new editor version. We usually adapt Acrolinx to the latest version of WordPress.

To update Acrolinx for WordPress, you'll need to uninstall the previous version and install a new version.

Uninstall

To uninstall or deactivate Acrolinx for WordPress, do the following:

  1. Go to Plugins > Installed Plugins.

  2. Search for "Acrolinx" in the Search Plugins box, and click Deactivate.

  3. Click Delete.