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Once every few weeks, when you log into your WordPress blog<\/a> and go to the dashboard, you will notice that there are updates available for your site. Although it is easy to just click the button to upgrade your WordPress core, themes, and plugins to a newer version, you should take an extra step and prepare your site for the update process. Or in other words, follow a “better safe than sorry” principle.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

While your site will work pretty much normally even if you don’t hit the update button the very moment you see one is available, you should know about the advantages of promptly upgrading. Developers of WordPress<\/a>, its themes, and plugins continually work on improving their products. Through new updates, they introduce new features that will make your site better. And more importantly, developers fix bugs and security holes that hackers might use to access your site without permission.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Since WordPress i<\/a>s an open-source platform<\/a>, everyone can get their hands on the code, scrutinize it, and find a new way of hacking unprotected sites. By updating to the latest version, you’re protecting your website from malicious software and dangerous people. Besides weak passwords, not having the recent version of your software is one of the most common reasons for losing your site to a hacker.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

How to update WordPress core, themes and plugins<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

We hope that you now realize the benefits of doing prompt, regular updates. But before you rush to click the upgrade button, let’s consider a few things and learn how to update WordPress correctly.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Prepare for the update<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

From the very moment you click on the update button, WordPress will start working with your files. It will download new files, and overwrite the old ones. Since it’s a delicate process that may be interrupted just by one simple typo in the code, there’s a small, but realistic chance something will go wrong. Before you lose access to your site and render it unusable for the public, take the insurance in the form of a backup. So in case something goes wrong, you can easily revert to the old version of WordPress or any particular plugin and theme you were about to update.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As caching plugins<\/a> (like W3 Total Cache or WP Super Cache) may interfere with the upgrade process, it’s best that you deactivate them during the WordPress update process. Once the update completes after a few minutes, you will be able to go back and activate the plugin without problems.<\/p>\n\n\n

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Before updating, always create a backup<\/strong> of your site and deactivate any caching plugins<\/strong> you may have installed.<\/p>\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n

Manually update WordPress to a new version<\/h2>\n\n\n
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