3 Methods to Update WordPress Safely in 2021
You have landed on the right page if you are looking for some ways for WordPress ecosystem updation. In this article, we will see the three simple ways to safely update your WordPress website.
Thus more than 35% of all websites on the internet are powered by the most popular CMS i.e. WordPress.
However, to keep the WordPress platform up to date, so many updates are released regularly. But most of the time, people ignore the updates because they think that a new update can break their website.
And yes, we understand their feelings because at some extent a new update can bring problems but for their benefits only.
Using the latest version of WordPress means your website is less or no vulnerable to cyber attacks. A New version of WordPress will always enhance the performance and security of your website in a good sense.
All new updates come with bug and security fixes which makes sure your WordPress website which is made up of one of the simple WordPress themes is running and performing smoothly. Some study shows that from 10,000 websites, more than 49% of websites are not using latest WordPress version which causes failure of their website.
The three different methods to update your WordPress website are given below
Method 1: Using WordPress admin dashboard
The simplest and easiest method to update WordPress safely is to use the WordPress admin dashboard which provides a one-click update option. On the admin dashboard of WordPress, you will be able to see the updates for WordPress core.
You just have to click on “please update now” and it will start updating your WordPress version.
Before updating it will ask you for the backup option. It is good to backup your website and files.
Method 2: For manual WordPress update use FTP
This method will allow you to use FTP to manually upload the FTP files. If you are unable to update your WordPress ecosystem with the first method then we suggest you go with this. To start updating with this method you will require a FileZilla.
You will need the password, user name, port, and hostname to use the FTP program. After getting all this information you can follow the steps mentioned below
Step 1: From the official WordPress website download the latest version of WP. And using WinRAR extract the WordPress archive to the computer.
Step 2: Using FTP details try to access the WordPress root directory.
Now move newly version files to the root directory.
Delete current wp-includes and wp-admin folder.
Step 3: Upload the current version of files and folders.
After removing the wp-includes and wp-admin folder upload the new one.
Inside the computer system go to the WordPress folder and select the wp-admin and wp-includes folder. Choose the upload option by right-clicking on it and overwrite the file.
Method 3:Using WP-CLI and SSH
In this, you will have to use SSH. To go to the root directory use the cd command.
cd publich_html
Then see the WordPress version
WP core check-update
Now it will show the update if there is any
If there is no update then some message will appear like “success: WordPress is the new version.”
Use below commands for updating WordPress:
WP core update
After starting updating it will clean up the files and after cleaning up it will show the message like
Success: WordPress is updated successfully.
The following commands can be used if you are updating WordPress core by WP-CLI
Simple WordPress themes: wp theme update -all
Database updates: wp core update-db
Plugin updates: wp plugin update-all
Conclusion:
In a new browser go to your website to find your website is working properly. In the new browser window check the WordPress admin area setting if everything is working well.
At starting you will find difficulty in updating the WordPress website but the second time you will find the upgrading process is easier.
