WordPress have just released its latest version 2.8.6 and it is a critical update for multi user blogs. And also more or less in every weeks time we will notice updates in plugins in order to make them more stable or solves bugs raised in earlier versions or release patches to be compatible with the new versions. So it is always recommended to be keep updated and stay away from the security breaches.
Alert: It is always recommended to backup you database before you perform any update to you existing WordPress installation
How to Update WordPress Latest versions?
As soon WordPress releases the latest versions almost every recommended host provider will update the version and made it available in the scripts. As soon as they update the version you can see an alert like ” WordPress 2.x.x is available! Please update now” when you log in to your dashboard.
Click on “Please update now” and then select “Upgrade Automatically”
WordPress initiates it self and upgraded to latest version automatically.
How to Update WordPress plugins Automatically?
Although upgrading the WordPress plug-ins is similar to WordPress version upgrade it is better to have a tutorial to make sure that things were going on smoothly.
You can see and alert when ever a new version of plug-in is available in the dashboard and Navigate yourself to the Plug-ins page to check the details.
Note: All plugin updates need not to upgraded as most of them will related to some other issues which may be skipped. so it is recommended to check the release notes for the version update and check yourself before you upgrade to the latest versions.
Upgrading to the newer versions of plugins can be done automatically by clicking on “Upgrade automatically”, It initiates itself to upgrade the plugin automatically and attempts to reactivate the plugin and activates it by default.
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Nice and simple but yet worthy article on WordPress updates. An attached video will be great, if possible.
Sure will update a video soon.. Thanks for ur inputs..
Nicely detailed.
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i am unable to upgrade.. coz getting connection error while upgrading theme/plugins
any solution buddy?
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@Pavan whats the exact error you were getting.. ??
Nice to know abt this one. But as you’ve also pointed out, do not forget to backup your valuable database before you try out anything new.
Cheers.
Hi Rajesh
I update my WordPress via Cpanel but have been thinking about using the wordpress auto upgrade.
Trouble is once you upgrade using auto upgrade, you can’t go back to Cpanel.
Still trying to make my mind up.
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