Well just for users information. Never use Beta versions of any program until you know what you are doing. Beta versions can crash / damage your website. Before doing anything please make sure to create fresh backup.
If you are running your website on VPS and using WP Rocket Plugin then i must recommend you 1 additional step to keep everything smooth on your website. Once you have updated the plugin on website go to your wp-rocket web directory via shell command in your vps and run this command "composer install --no-dev"
This command will update wp-rocket dependencies. After updating wprocket if you get any errors you must run this above command to fix errors. I hope this will help you guys to fix your wprocket issues.
To keep your plugin updated all the time if update is delayed here and you want to update instantly then here are the steps you can use to update wprocket and null it yourself.
Note:- This is for advanced users only who have access to shell command line for their hosting or using VPS.
Go to this link
Performance optimization plugin for WordPress. Contribute to wp-media/wp-rocket development by creating an account on GitHub.
github.com
Scroll to current stable version and click Source Code (zip)
once file is downloaded extract the wp-rocket-version folder to where ever you like
Rename wp-rocket-version folder to wp-rocket
Now go to wp-rocket\inc\functions folder
Edit options.php file
FInd this code
PHP:
function rocket_valid_key() {
$rocket_secret_key = get_rocket_option( 'secret_key' );
if ( ! $rocket_secret_key ) {
return false;
}
Replace with this code
PHP:
function rocket_valid_key() { return true;
$rocket_secret_key = get_rocket_option( 'secret_key' );
if ( ! $rocket_secret_key ) {
return true;
}
Save options.php file and upload plugin to your wordpress website.
Activate the plugin and you might end up with any error or blank page. Nothing to worry now go to your VPS / Hosting command shell and navigate to wp-rocket folder once you are there run this command
composer install --no-dev
Refresh your Website and TADAAAAA! You have wprocket nulled with all updated dependencies for lifetime.