What if I never update to 5.X? Will my site go down?

  • Good afternoon! I have not yet updated to Gutenburg 5.x, because on my test run when it was first rolled out was unsatisfactory for my particular website.

    I am sure that I will have to update at some point, but need to set aside a block of time to follow the testing and upgrade instructions. (I’m not very tech savvy, and need to teach myself as I go).

    What are the ramifications if I never update to 5.x? Will my website go down? Will it become inoperable and/or uneditable? I understand that the Classic Editor will not be supported at some time in the future, but I didn’t know what that meant to my website being live and editable. Thank you in advance for your time, and sorry if the answer to this beginner question is self-evident.

    • This topic was modified 2 years, 10 months ago by Jan Dembowski. Reason: Moved to Fixing WordPress, this is not an Everything else WordPress topic
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  • Hi,

    You might be right when you say that the site might not support the classic editor. Here are some other implications.

    When you don’t update your site there are some security implementations that have been resolved between your site’s version and the current WP version. Hackers look for holes like this and if you think your site doesn’t have enough traffic or is not seen enough to get hacked, please think otherwise. I thought the same and learned the hard way.

    This is the same with plugins. As WordPress updates so do plugins who are active (which can be even more vulnerable to hackers). They can also update things that work better with the newer version of WP that won’t be compatible with your version and things can break.

    You can also miss out on optimizations and making your site run faster.

    I hope this helps!

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