How do you update your Wordpress site?

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Why update Wordpress?

Wordpress is one of the most widely used content management systems today, and as a result it often falls prey to piracy attempts. Updating Wordpress and its extensions is essential to prevent your website from being hacked.

What should you do before updating your Wordpress site?

Updating your Wordpress site is not without risk, which is why you should take certain precautions before updating and changing versions:

• Checking the prerequisites: before starting an update, it is essential to visit the Wordpress website to check compatibility with the PHP and MySQL versions you are using.
• Backing up your website: Backing up your Wordpress site is MANDATORY in order to avoid any loss of data in the event of a problem during the update. To do this, you can make a manual backup or an automatic backup of your website and database.
• Compatibility of your theme: Before updating your Wordpress site, it is advisable to check the compatibility of your theme with the version you want to install. If you havepurchased a Premium theme from a site such as themeforest, the developers usually announce the compatibility of the theme with the version of Wordpress you wish to install.
• Deactivate extensions: This is not compulsory, but some extensions may no longer be compatible with the version you are going to install. Premium themes are normally delivered with all extensions, which limits the risk of incompatibility between installed modules.
  

How do you update your Wordpress site?

Before updating your Wordpress site, extensions and theme, we recommend that you make a full backup of your website (site and MySQL database). Updating can sometimes cause problems. Without a backup of your site, it will be impossible to restore it.

• Start bymaking a manual backup of your website and database.
• You can opt for an automatic backup of your site and database using the"How to backup and restore your website" documentation.

1. Connect to the dashboard of your Wordpress site and click on the"Update now" tab.

2. Click on the"Update now" button.

How do I update Wordpress extensions?

1. Once you are connected to your Wordpress dashboard, click on the"Updates" tab in the"Dashboard" section of your Wordpress menu.

2. Select the modules you wish to update and click on the"Update extensions" button.

How do I update Wordpress themes?

Connect to the dashboard of your Wordpress site, click on the"Update" tab in the"Dashboard" section of your administration. Then select the theme(s) you want to update and click on the"Update themes" button.

Conclusion

You can now update your Wordpress website. You should update Wordpress regularly to avoid any risk of your website being hacked.

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