wordpress<\/code> folder. This folder contains all the WordPress files you need for the update. Next, you need to open your\u00a0FTP client and connect to your website. Once connected, go to the WordPress folder you just extracted from the zip file in the local files column. In the remote files column, go to your website\u2019s root folder. This folder could be public_html or named after your website\u2019s\u00a0domain name. Inside this folder, you will see your WordPress files and folders.<\/p>\nSelect all files inside the folder on your computer and then right click to select Upload. Your FTP client will start uploading WordPress files. However, your website already has older versions of the files with the same name. The system will ask you what do you want to do with those files. You need to select \u2018Overwrite\u2019 and check the box next to \u2018Always use this action\u2019. This will ensure that all WordPress files on your website are replaced by the newer versions of the files.<\/p>\n
After you need to go to the admin area. This step is necessary as sometimes a newer version of WordPress may also need to update your WordPress database. In this case, you may see a page mentioning that the database update is required. Click on the \u2018Update WordPress Database\u2019 button to continue. That\u2019s all, you have successfully updated your WordPress website.<\/p>\n
After the upgrade of the WordPress<\/h2>\n After you have updated your WordPress it is obvious that you need to check if everything works fine. If you come across any problem, it is possible that something went wrong during the update or some plugins or themes are not working because they are not compatible. You can restore your website by taking out the backup. To do that you need to connect to your website using FTP and delete all the files. Next, you need to upload the files of your old website from the place you saved the backup. After this, you must visit your website to see if everything is working.<\/p>\n
We hope this post explained to you how to update your WordPress website core.<\/p>\n","protected":false,"gt_translate_keys":[{"key":"rendered","format":"html"}]},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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