{"id":8123,"date":"2022-10-21T06:04:19","date_gmt":"2022-10-21T06:04:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/truehost.com\/support\/?post_type=ht_kb&#038;p=8123"},"modified":"2024-06-21T08:31:09","modified_gmt":"2024-06-21T08:31:09","password":"","slug":"how-to-update-your-wordpress-installation","status":"publish","type":"docs","link":"https:\/\/truehost.com\/support\/knowledge-base\/how-to-update-your-wordpress-installation\/","title":{"rendered":"How To Update Your WordPress Installation"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Updating wordpress is a key security tactic you can apply to keep your site secure. Outdated wordpress components lead to effects such as downtime due to errors on the site, hacked sites which lead to dis-reputation or even in some extreme cases &#8211; loss of the site.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>To update your site, follow the steps below:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>1.Login to WordPress. Check <a href=\"https:\/\/truehost.com\/support\/knowledge-base\/how-to-access-the-wordpress-dashboard\/\">this guide <\/a> on how to login it to wordpress dashboard<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>2.On your left side menu, look for <strong>Updates<\/strong> under <strong>Home<\/strong> tab<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"361\" src=\"https:\/\/truehost.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Screenshot-2022-10-21-at-08-58-38-Dashboard-\u2039-My-Blog-\u2014-WordPress-1024x361.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-8124\" srcset=\"https:\/\/truehost.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Screenshot-2022-10-21-at-08-58-38-Dashboard-\u2039-My-Blog-\u2014-WordPress-1024x361.png 1024w, https:\/\/truehost.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Screenshot-2022-10-21-at-08-58-38-Dashboard-\u2039-My-Blog-\u2014-WordPress-300x106.png 300w, https:\/\/truehost.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Screenshot-2022-10-21-at-08-58-38-Dashboard-\u2039-My-Blog-\u2014-WordPress-768x270.png 768w, https:\/\/truehost.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Screenshot-2022-10-21-at-08-58-38-Dashboard-\u2039-My-Blog-\u2014-WordPress-50x18.png 50w, https:\/\/truehost.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Screenshot-2022-10-21-at-08-58-38-Dashboard-\u2039-My-Blog-\u2014-WordPress-1536x541.png 1536w, https:\/\/truehost.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Screenshot-2022-10-21-at-08-58-38-Dashboard-\u2039-My-Blog-\u2014-WordPress-920x324.png 920w, https:\/\/truehost.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Screenshot-2022-10-21-at-08-58-38-Dashboard-\u2039-My-Blog-\u2014-WordPress-600x211.png 600w, https:\/\/truehost.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Screenshot-2022-10-21-at-08-58-38-Dashboard-\u2039-My-Blog-\u2014-WordPress-320x113.png 320w, https:\/\/truehost.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Screenshot-2022-10-21-at-08-58-38-Dashboard-\u2039-My-Blog-\u2014-WordPress.png 1860w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>3.Click the <strong>Update<\/strong> buttons for each section. There should be one for WordPress Version, one for Themes and one for Plugins. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"328\" src=\"https:\/\/truehost.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Screenshot-2022-10-21-at-09-01-14-WordPress-Updates-\u2039-My-Blog-\u2014-WordPress-1024x328.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-8125\" srcset=\"https:\/\/truehost.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Screenshot-2022-10-21-at-09-01-14-WordPress-Updates-\u2039-My-Blog-\u2014-WordPress-1024x328.png 1024w, https:\/\/truehost.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Screenshot-2022-10-21-at-09-01-14-WordPress-Updates-\u2039-My-Blog-\u2014-WordPress-300x96.png 300w, https:\/\/truehost.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Screenshot-2022-10-21-at-09-01-14-WordPress-Updates-\u2039-My-Blog-\u2014-WordPress-768x246.png 768w, https:\/\/truehost.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Screenshot-2022-10-21-at-09-01-14-WordPress-Updates-\u2039-My-Blog-\u2014-WordPress-50x16.png 50w, https:\/\/truehost.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Screenshot-2022-10-21-at-09-01-14-WordPress-Updates-\u2039-My-Blog-\u2014-WordPress-1536x493.png 1536w, https:\/\/truehost.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Screenshot-2022-10-21-at-09-01-14-WordPress-Updates-\u2039-My-Blog-\u2014-WordPress-920x295.png 920w, https:\/\/truehost.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Screenshot-2022-10-21-at-09-01-14-WordPress-Updates-\u2039-My-Blog-\u2014-WordPress-600x192.png 600w, https:\/\/truehost.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Screenshot-2022-10-21-at-09-01-14-WordPress-Updates-\u2039-My-Blog-\u2014-WordPress-320x103.png 320w, https:\/\/truehost.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Screenshot-2022-10-21-at-09-01-14-WordPress-Updates-\u2039-My-Blog-\u2014-WordPress.png 1687w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Updating wordpress is a key security tactic you can apply to keep your site secure. 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