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Originally Posted by MonteJon
Hi all,
I've decided that I'm going to give Word Press a trial as suggested in one of my previous posts.
However, the CP version is out of date, would it be possible to update it please ?
Or even better, tell me how to do it and then that's something else I've learnt.
Many thanks,
Jon
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Hi Montejon:
Good Morning,
It is better to download the latest version from the WordPress web site hosting and then use FTP to upload it on your site.
Please download the latest WP version from the WP site, unzip it in a local folder on the PC, do the necessary changes like the connection parameter to the database (you'll need a database initially on the web site hosting with full user permissions - this part you can achieve easily through the CPanel database utility, and it will also tell you what parameters are required to connect to the database), do these changes, then upload the entire folder (new version of WP) to your web site hosting at the proper destination (folder). Every step is either mentioned on the WP site, or you can easily Google it. Follow those steps. They are very easy to implement. Important: Please backup your web site hosting before doing the update, especially if you're new to such technical procedures.
This can be done easily every time WP comes up with a new version, without depending on the CPanel version.
Believe me, it is much easier done than said!
Enjoy the day!