{"id":523,"date":"2019-08-20T14:31:33","date_gmt":"2019-08-20T09:01:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/askadmin.com\/?p=523"},"modified":"2019-08-20T14:31:33","modified_gmt":"2019-08-20T09:01:33","slug":"upgrade-wordpress-manually","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/askadmin.com\/aa\/upgrade-wordpress-manually\/","title":{"rendered":"Upgrade WordPress manually"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><em><strong>Tip of the Day<\/strong><\/em><strong>:\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Sometimes we may have to upgrade or reinstall <a href=\"https:\/\/wordpress.com\/\">wordpress <\/a> manually when wordpress admin panel is  not accessible for some reasons . Upgrading wordpress manually is a  <em>straightforward<\/em> process . Just <a href=\"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/download\/\">download new version of wordpress <\/a> ,copy and extract it to  your existing wordpress web directory . If you have <a href=\"https:\/\/cpanel.net\/\">cpanel<\/a> access to your webhosting you can use  it or you can use ftp to upload downloaded wordpress files .  I strongly recommend that you backup your existing wordpress website files and database before overwrite it . Dont worry about the existing files wp-content , wp-plugins etc., being overwritten .Your content and configuration will be untouched . Existing WordPress configuration file  wp-config will not be overwritten as the downloaded  wordpress folder contains only sample configuration file . <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>You can access admin dash board once you done with copying new files . Admin page may prompt for database update If your new wordpress version has modified database structure . You can proceed to update the database .  As of 20th august 2019 wordpress version is 5.2.2 .Wordpress 5.2.2 required <a href=\"https:\/\/www.php.net\">php<\/a> 5.6.20  but recommended version is 7.3 or greater . <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tip of the Day:\u00a0 Sometimes we may have to upgrade or reinstall wordpress manually when wordpress admin panel is not accessible for some reasons . Upgrading wordpress manually is a straightforward process . Just download new version of wordpress ,copy and extract it to your existing wordpress web directory . 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