Upgrade wordpress installation

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Upgrade wordpress installation

In-built update option

To update using admin interface use:

  1. Login into wordpress using /wp-admin URL
  2. Choose wordpress update option and update wordpress. Note that it may take some time for update to finish.
  3. You can also consider updating all plugins for new wordpress.


Manual steps

To upgrade (or update) wordpress installation use:

  1. Download latest wordpress on management station
  2. Unzip latest wordpress on management station
  3. Deactivate plugins on existing wordpress using admin interface
  4. Delete old wp-includes and wp-admin directories on web server
  5. Upload wp-includes, wp-admin, wp-content and all loose files to web server
  6. If there is .maintenance file delete it
  7. Visit /wp-admin/upgrade.php for upgrading
  8. Reactivate all plugins
  9. Clear cache if caching is enabled
  10. Restart browser or clear cookies if necessary before accessing update site or updated admin page.

Refer https://codex.wordpress.org/Updating_WordPress