Use the following to update to the latest release of Wordfence CLI:
pip install --upgrade wordfence
The releases page in GitHub will have the most recently available binaries for download:
https://github.com/wordfence/wordfence-cli/releases
The binary files are in the format wordfence_yyyy.tar.gz where yyyy is the CPU architecture. The following example uses AMD64 as the architecture.
We recommend verifying the authenticity of the download prior to extracting the archive. You can do this by following the steps outlined in the installation document prior to following the rest of these updating steps.
Extract the binary:
tar xvzf wordfence_amd64.tar.gz
Verify the binary works correctly on your system:
./wordfence version
You should see output similar to this:
Wordfence CLI 2.0.1
Copy the binary to the path you've installed your existing Wordfence CLI binary.
If you've followed our installation instructions for Docker, you can cd into the source code directory and run git pull to fetch the latest version. The main branch is kept up-to-date with the most recent stable release.
Updating a manual/development installation can be done by using git pull in the source code directory. The main branch is kept up-to-date with the most recent stable release.