{"id":360,"date":"2024-06-13T17:50:10","date_gmt":"2024-06-13T17:50:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/zalvis.com\/docs\/?p=360"},"modified":"2024-06-13T17:50:10","modified_gmt":"2024-06-13T17:50:10","slug":"how-to-upgrade-a-wordpress-version","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/zalvis.com\/docs\/how-to-upgrade-a-wordpress-version.html","title":{"rendered":"How to Upgrade a WordPress version"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Make sure to keep your WordPress up-to-date to ensure that your website is secure and has the latest features. It is also a good practice to test the upgrade on a non-production environment first before doing it on a live site.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Follow these steps to upgrade a WordPress version<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Go to the WordPress dashboard and check if there is a notification for an available update.<\/li>\n<li>If there is an update available, click on the <strong>Update Now<\/strong> button.<\/li>\n<li>Wait for the update to complete. This may take a few minutes, depending on the size of your website and the speed of your server.<\/li>\n<li>Once the update is complete, check your website to make sure everything is working properly.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>If you have any issues, restore your website from the backup you made in step 1.<\/p>\n<p>Alternatively, you can update the WordPress version via FTP, you can download the latest version of WordPress from WordPress.org, upload the files to your<br \/>\nserver, and then follow the same steps 3-6 mentioned above<\/p>\n<p>It is always recommended to take a full backup before updating the WordPress version. Should in case something goes wrong, it can be easily restored from the backup.<\/p>\n<div class=\"wlwhp6a10d0eac15c4\" >If you enjoyed this article, then you\u2019ll love Zalvis's Cloud Hosting platform. Turbocharge your website and get 24\/7 support from our veteran team. Our world-class hosting infrastructure focuses on auto-scaling, performance, and security. Let us show you the Zalvis difference! <a href=\"https:\/\/zalvis.com\/\">Check out our services.<\/a><\/div><style type=\"text\/css\">\r\n@media screen and (min-width: 1201px) {\r\n.wlwhp6a10d0eac15c4 {\r\ndisplay: block;\r\n}\r\n}\r\n@media screen and (min-width: 993px) and (max-width: 1200px) {\r\n.wlwhp6a10d0eac15c4 {\r\ndisplay: block;\r\n}\r\n}\r\n@media screen and (min-width: 769px) and (max-width: 992px) {\r\n.wlwhp6a10d0eac15c4 {\r\ndisplay: block;\r\n}\r\n}\r\n@media screen and (min-width: 768px) and (max-width: 768px) {\r\n.wlwhp6a10d0eac15c4 {\r\ndisplay: block;\r\n}\r\n}\r\n@media screen and (max-width: 767px) {\r\n.wlwhp6a10d0eac15c4 {\r\ndisplay: block;\r\n}\r\n}\r\n<\/style>\r\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Make sure to keep your WordPress up-to-date to ensure that your website is secure and has the latest features. It is also a good practice to test the upgrade on a non-production environment first before doing it on a live site. Follow these steps to upgrade a WordPress version Go to the WordPress dashboard and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-360","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-wordpress"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/zalvis.com\/docs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/360","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/zalvis.com\/docs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/zalvis.com\/docs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/zalvis.com\/docs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/zalvis.com\/docs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=360"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/zalvis.com\/docs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/360\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":362,"href":"https:\/\/zalvis.com\/docs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/360\/revisions\/362"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/zalvis.com\/docs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=360"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/zalvis.com\/docs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=360"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/zalvis.com\/docs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=360"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}