Manual update question

  • Resolved Andrew Chapman

    (@andrew-chapman)


    11 years ago

    The automatic update failed and I am trying to do it manually.

    I don’t understand one thing in the instructions for manual update. https://codex.www.ads-software.com/Updating_WordPress#Manual_Update It says in Step 1:4 ‘Delete the old wp-includes and wp-admin directories on your web host’ and then in Step 1:5 ‘upload the new wp-includes and wp-admin directories to your web host, overwriting old files’.

    I would have thought that deleting the directories would also delete the files within them, in which case one would not be overwriting them.

    Could someone explain? Thanks, Andrew

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  • dauidus

    (@dauidus)

    Its just saying to make sure the old files are somehow replaced by the new ones – whether you overwrite them or replace them entirely is up to you. Take a backup first, though.

    dauidus

    (@dauidus)

    I have updated this codex page to read more naturally. Please let me know if this makes it more understandable for yourself and future users.

    Thread Starter Andrew Chapman

    (@andrew-chapman)

    Thanks very much, dauidus, that’s clear to me now.

    Andrew

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