Themes and plugins play a major role in WordPress sites. Generally, we use existing themes and plugins, rather than building them from scratch using custom coding. The developers update these themes and plugins regularly to keep them compatible with the latest WordPress versions, fixing bugs and improving the features. So, it's a must to update the theme and plugins to the latest version in order to keep the site secured and get the most out of the provided features.

The available updates for themes and plugins are generally shown in the Themes and Plugins list in the backend. Many site administrators tend to just click the Update link without a planned procedure with necessary backups. These updates can generate errors or may conflict with some other features of the site. Thus, it becomes important to take necessary precautions...