How To Upgrade Wordpress?

This is our standard manual on how to upgrade to wordpress. This should be the standard steps on how to upgrade wordpress. This provide an overview on how to upgrade wordpress … but for specific version, please google such as upgrade to wordpress x.x to check for any documentation for any comparability issues.

This document is base on wordpress.org documentation on upgrade but with more detail instruction.

Step By Step Guide

1. Backup your wordpress database.
2. Backup your wordpress files.
3. Check your plugin used comparability.
4. Download the latest version of wordpress.
5. Ftp and replace with old file except wp-content folder
6. Upgrade database using /wp-admin/upgrade.php.
7. Test out whether it’s work or not in display, post and page.
8. Done!

Step 1 : Backup your wordpress database

Rule Number 1 For Upgrade, Always Backup. Check out this backup documentation if you are not sure how to do the wordpress backup.

Step 2 : Backup your wordpress files

You can use Cpanel->File Manager to zip all your file together incase you need to roll back.

Step 3 : Check Your Plugin Use Comparability

Check out the wordpress.org for the documentation and plugin compability.

Step 4 : Download The Latest Version Of Wordpress.

Again, go to the wordpress.org website to download the latest version of wordpress.

Step 5 : Ftp And Replace With Old File

All the wordpress come with zip file, you can use your ftp application to upload to your server. There are two way to do this. You either upload and replace the the necessary file or you can upload and replace the whole folder except /wp-content/ folder which have your own plugin and theme inside.

Step 6 : Upgrade Database Using /wp-admin/upgrade.php

Go to http://www.yourdomain/wp-admin/upgrade.php
This page script will automatically run and upgrade the wordpress database scheme.

Step 7 : Test Out Whether It’s Work Or Not

Check out your main page, category page and single page. And then login to post at least a post and page to see whether it’s working properly or not.

Lastly, If it’s work, great. If not, you have to find out what is the problem. If you are upgrade directly in your production server. The best way is roll back using your backup databases, because you don’t want your visitor to see the error page.

Anyway, this is a standard guideline for upgrading wordpress. It’s really easy, if you are just started out with Wordpress, you can play around with it by installing the old version and try to upgrade it to the new version. Once you are more confident about the upgrading process, it’s become easier.

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