This more or less matches the steps I take when any patch/update is released.
Can I contribute two other things I also do?
One is empty the community folder before any update and two is get MSFS to rebuild the Content.xml file. I said more about these steps in this post Addons in Community appear as NOT INSTALLED in Content Manager, after updating to 1.15.7.0 and World Update IV, although they are installed - #39 by tamalien