Preventing Homepage Content Disappearances After Plugin Updates in WordPress

What Happened

After updating plugins on a staging site, the homepage content—powered by Slider Revolution—vanished. While the live version looked fine, the staging version (with the updated plugin) lost all slider visuals. The culprit? A version mismatch in Slider Revolution.

What We Found

• The live site was running v6.7.14

• The staging site was updated to v6.7.34

• The issue was introduced in v6.7.33, which added ARIA accessibility changes

• These updates clashed with existing slider configurations, breaking the display

How We Fixed It

⬅️ Reverted the update

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We rolled back to version 6.7.14 on staging to restore the slider content.

🚧 Paused live updates

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To avoid disruption, we held off updating Slider Revolution on the live site until the issue was patched by the plugin author.

✅ Updated everything else

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Other plugins like WPBakery were updated safely in staging, tested thoroughly, and then rolled out live.

🧩 Reviewed theme dependencies

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We checked whether a theme update was needed and confirmed the latest files were available directly from the vendor.

Final Outcome

The homepage slider was restored with zero downtime. By isolating the issue to a specific plugin version and using a smart rollback strategy, we ensured the site stayed functional while waiting for an official fix.

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