How to update Chrome extensions manually

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Chrome extensions are not necessarily updated the moment a new version of an installed extension is published on the Chrome Web Store.
Google rolls out updates to Chrome, other company products and also extensions in waves. While it is sometimes possible to initiate an update manually, Chrome does not come with functionality to do so.
I encountered this issue recently with the popular uBlock Origin extension. Chrome showed version 1.16.18, the Chrome Web Store version 1.17.0.
The question that came out of this was simple: how do I force the update of Chrome extensions so that I don't have to wait until Google delivers the update to the browser?

Full reading: https://www.ghacks.net/2018/09/25/how-to...-manually/