Do we need to upgrade plugin first before upgrading confluence

[Pavan]

Hello Team,

I am doing upgrade of confluence from 7.4.1 to 7.19, do i need to upgrade the plugins first if plugings are not compatible ?
and do i need to stop the confluence service before upgrade

[Craig Nodwell · Accepted solution]

Hi @Pavan it is not necessary to upgrade/update the plugins before you upgrade the server.  You do not need to stop Confluence to update a plugin.  You do need to stop Confluence before you upgrade the server.

[Mirek · Accepted solution]

Hi @Pavan 

If plugin is not compatible it does not mean that it would not work. It might be a matter only of updating information by the vendor on marketplace. 

I normally always do upgrade of main app then when it is starting and basic functions are working then I do apps, but if you do upgrade of plugins to the latest versions (or compatible) before upgrading main app it would also work. 

Basically you should always use a TEST system to verify if everything is working as expected.