{"id":4723,"date":"2018-10-23T18:42:18","date_gmt":"2018-10-23T18:42:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/2018\/10\/23\/update-matomo-analytics\/"},"modified":"2021-11-19T01:37:02","modified_gmt":"2021-11-19T06:37:02","slug":"update-matomo-analytics","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/website\/analytics\/update-matomo-analytics\/","title":{"rendered":"Update Matomo Analytics"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>When <a href=\"\/support\/edu\/wordpress\/plugins\/matomo-analytics\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Matomo Analytics<\/a> has a new update available, the administrator is notified via email and the upper-right corner upon dashboard login. Below we cover how to <strong>update Matomo automatically within your browser<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<h2>Update Matomo<\/h2>\n<ol class=\"article_list\">\n<li>Select <strong>Update automatically<\/strong> on the welcome screen.<br>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/images\/stories\/matomo-analytics\/matomo-35-new-version.png\" rel=\"lightbox-0\"><img decoding=\"async\" align=\"none\" alt=\"New Version Available prompt\" class=\"std_ss\" src=\"https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/images\/stories\/matomo-analytics\/matomo-35-new-version.png\" title=\"Click for full image\" width=\"300\"><\/a>\n<div style=\"clear:both;\"><\/div>\n<p>Pressing <strong>Download [Version]<\/strong> prompts you to download the update file to handle manually.<\/p><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<pre><code>&lt;li&gt;After the update completes, press &lt;strong&gt;Continue to Matomo&lt;\/strong&gt; at the bottom.\n<\/code><\/pre>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/images\/stories\/matomo-analytics\/matomo-36-upgrade-done.png\" rel=\"lightbox-0\"><img decoding=\"async\" align=\"none\" alt=\"Notification update completed\" class=\"std_ss\" src=\"https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/images\/stories\/matomo-analytics\/matomo-36-upgrade-done.png\" title=\"Click for full image\"><\/a><\/p>\n<div style=\"clear:both;\"><\/div>\n\n<li>You may be prompted to upgrade your Matomo database afterwards. You can do so using <strong>Upgrade Matomo<\/strong> button.<br>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/images\/stories\/matomo-analytics\/matomo-38-database-upgrade.png\" rel=\"lightbox-0\"><img decoding=\"async\" align=\"none\" alt=\"Database Upgrade Required\" class=\"std_ss\" src=\"https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/images\/stories\/matomo-analytics\/matomo-38-database-upgrade.png\" title=\"Click for full image\"><\/a>\n<div style=\"clear:both;\"><\/div>\n<p>Alternatively, you can <a href=\"\/support\/server\/ssh\/do-you-provide-ssh-access\/\">SSH into the cPanel account<\/a> and run the following command:<\/p>\n<pre class=\"cli\">php \/home\/<em>cpaneluser<\/em>\/public_html\/<em>MatomoFolderName<\/em>\/console core:update<\/pre>\n<p class=\"alert-info\"><strong>Note:<\/strong> You can <a href=\"\/support\/edu\/cpanel\/cpanel-backups\/#database\">backup your database beforehand in cPanel<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>Continue to Matomo<\/strong> dashboard to see <a href=\"https:\/\/matomo.org\/changelog\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">new features<\/a>.<br>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/images\/stories\/matomo-analytics\/matomo-37-upgrade-done-continue.png\" rel=\"lightbox-0\"><img decoding=\"async\" align=\"none\" alt=\"Update complete\" class=\"std_ss\" src=\"https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/images\/stories\/matomo-analytics\/matomo-37-upgrade-done-continue.png\" title=\"Click for full image\"><\/a>\n<div style=\"clear:both;\"><\/div>\n<\/li>\n<p>You can learn more about improving your Matomo web analytics in our <a href=\"\/support\/edu\/wordpress\/plugins\/matomo-analytics\/\">Support Center<\/a> and our last article \u2013 <a href=\"\/support\/edu\/wordpress\/connect-wordpress-matomo-with-wp-matomo\/\">connecting WordPress with Matomo<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When Matomo Analytics has a new update available, the administrator is notified via email and the upper-right corner upon dashboard login. 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