Instructions for updating wordpress version – You should regularly upgrade your website to the latest WordPress version to avoid security errors.
You should regularly upgrade your website to the latest version of WordPress. Whenever a new version of WordPress is available, you will receive an update notification in your admin page. A website should be updated at the time of the lowest traffic to avoid problems affecting your audience.
There are two methods to update your website. One is a one-click update and another is a manual update.
1. Backup data
Before doing anything, always remember to back up your website just to be safe. If there are any problems you can quickly restore your site. For Hosting at HOSTVN to backup data you can follow the following instructions:
2. Instructions to update the wordpress version automatically
WordPress supports automatic version updates in the wp-admin admin page. To update your website automatically when a new version is available, you just need to log in to wp-admin. Here you will receive an update notification when a new version is available:
All you need to do is click on “Please update now” to go to the update page then press Update Now
Right after clicking the button the update process will take place, you just need to wait for the update process to complete.
- Note: If you get an update failed message, log in to your hosting and delete the file .maintenance parallel to the file index.php
3. Instructions to update wordpress version manually
If you are not receiving an update notification to update WordPress automatically when a newer version is available then you need to manually update your site.
Step 1: Replace WordPress Files
- Download the latest WordPress version and extract it: https://wordpress.org/download/.
- Disable plugins on your site.
- Delete folders wp-admin and wp-includes old from your hosting.
- Download folders wp-admin and wp-includes new to your hosting. It will replace old deleted folders.
- In the folder wp-contentoverwrite all files one by one. Keep in mind, don’t delete the existing wp-content folder or any files inside it. Just overwrite them.
- Upload all new files from the root directory to the existing WordPress root directory.
You can refer to the upload data to hosting via FTP here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=23955i1Yk3c
Step 2: Run update
Once you have finished uploading the file you go to /wp-admin, if a database upgrade is needed it will give you a link to a URL click on the link and follow the instructions, base Your database will be updated with the new WordPress.
Activate the plugins in your site one by one and check if there are any errors.
If you have Cache enabled, clear the Cache so the changes will appear immediately. Otherwise, your visitors will see the old version of your site.
Conclusion
Through this article, HOSTVN has shown you 2 ways to update the version for your WordPress website. If you have any suggestions, you can leave a comment below.
