You should always upgrade WordPress to the latest version. When a new version of WordPress is available you will receive an update message in your WordPress Admin Screens. Anyway, there are two ways to upgrade your WordPress website to latest version, one isManually upgrading WordPressand another...
To update WordPress, click Upgrade Automatically. To update plugins, select the plugin or plugins that you want to update, and then click Update Plugins. To update themes, select the theme or themes that you want to update, and then click Update Themes. To keep the WordPress site updated au...
Upgrading your live site to BETA, RC(Release Candidate) version is not advisable but if you are like me who wants to see everything first hand, I’m sure you will love to upgradeyour blogto latest version. To get started with WordPress upgrade to the BETA, RC Version, follow below step...
You can create the child theme using a plugin or using code. Head over to our beginner’s guide onhow to create a WordPress child themeand create one now. The theme you need to update should be the parent theme. Don’t activate the child theme yet. We’ll do that at the end of t...
2. When the theme has been installed, you will need to activate the theme to complete the upgrade. You can do this by selecting activate if installing from the back-end of WordPress or by navigating to Appearance > Themes and activating the Pro theme. ...
It is always a pain to upgrade WordPress to the latest version. Fortunately there are some great plugins to help you out big times! Before you start any upgrade don’t forget to backup, backup, backup! Save your files local and use the great pluginWP-DBManagerby GaMerZ ...
Test the theme and upgrade supporting files As it turns out, this process works out exceptionally well. I upgraded three sites in less than half a day, and each had a ton of changes that needed to be incorporated. Here's what I did. ...
WP Engineis amanaged WordPress hostingcompany, which means they automatically upgrade the PHP version for you. However, you can also manually upgrade and downgrade the PHP version for your websites. Simply log in to your WP Engine dashboard. On the ‘My Sites’ page, click on the PHP versi...
plugin authors check their work to see if the plugins remain compatible with the WordPress core after a major update. They update the plugins, whenever required. For these plugins to work without any conflict on your site, you may find it necessary to upgrade to a compatible WordPress version...
For example, the latest WordPress 5.8 version has introduced a few new features that you can read in the release documentation.Now you are aware and understand the need to upgrade WordPress, let’s take a detailed look at how to perform the upgrade. ...