updating sitecake

Sitecake updates itself. When a new version is available, you’ll see an in-editor toast — no file uploads, no manual folder swaps.

Summary

• Log in as usual — Sitecake checks for a newer version automatically.
• If one is available, a toast appears with Update and Later buttons.
• Click Update and Sitecake downloads, installs, and reloads — your configuration and password are untouched.

How it works

After you log in, Sitecake checks for a newer release in the background. If one exists, a toast notification offers Update or Later. Clicking Update:

1. Downloads the new version.
2. Backs up the current version folder.
3. Extracts the new version alongside it.
4. Rewrites sitecake.php to point to the new version.
5. Reloads the page.

Your credentials.php, editor.cnf, and config.php files live outside the version folder and are never touched by an update.