Magento 2 Cookie Consent v2.x Updating

In this article you will learn how to update your Magento 2 Cookie Consent Extension correctly, please follow this step-by-step guide below.

You can choose one of the following two methods to update the extension on your Magento 2 store:

Update Extension via Composer

In order to update your Magento 2 Cookie Consent extension via Composer, open the console (SSH terminal) and follow the steps:

Step 1. Switch to your Magento 2 root directory in the terminal

cd /FULL_PATH_TO_YOUR_MAGENTO2

where “FULL_PATH_TO_YOUR_MAGENTO2” is the path to your Magento 2 folder on your server.

Step 2. Update your Plumrocket extension files

composer update plumrocket/module-cookie-consent

After running this command, you may be prompted to enter the username and password (see the How to Get Plumrocket Composer Repository Keys user guide).

Step 3. Update database and static resources

php bin/magento cache:flush
php bin/magento setup:upgrade
php bin/magento setup:di:compile
php bin/magento setup:static-content:deploy

After running these commands, the extension should be updated successfully. A similar message should be displayed in your console as below:

Next Step > Magento 2 Cookie Consent Configuration

Update Extension via FTP

Step 1. Download and unzip the extension files

Step-by-step guide:

  1. Login to your Plumrocket store account: https://plumrocket.com.
  2. Go to “My Account” in the menu (to open this page you have to log in first).
  3. Select “My Downloads”.
  4. Click the “Download” link to get the latest version of your extension.
  5. If you need to download one of the previous versions of your extension or to check the change logs, please click the “Release archive” link.

Step-by-step guide:

  1. In the “Release Archive” section, you can see the list of available versions, read the change logs and download one of the previous versions.

Important information:

We strongly recommend that you back up all your Magento 2 files and folders before you proceed with updating the extension.

Step 2. Upload files to the server

To upload files to the server, you may use any FTP-client (To show you how it works we used the FileZilla FTP-client.)

Step-by-step guide:

  1. This is your client side. Here you will see the unpacked catalog containing Magento 2 Cookie Consent Extension.
  2. This is your root directory on the server side. The files should be uploaded here.
  3. All the files have to be uploaded to the server. Select the files and press right button of your mouse.
  4. Choose the “Upload” option for these files.

Step 3. SSH Installation

1. In the terminal, switch to your Magento 2 root directory:

cd /FULL_PATH_TO_YOUR_MAGENTO2

where “FULL_PATH_TO_YOUR_MAGENTO2” is the path to your Magento 2 folder on your server.

2. Update database and static resources:

php bin/magento cache:flush
php bin/magento setup:upgrade
php bin/magento setup:di:compile
php bin/magento setup:static-content:deploy

After running these commands, the extension should be updated successfully. A similar message should be displayed in your console as displayed below:

Next Step > Magento 2 Cookie Consent Configuration

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