WordPress Basics
  • Introduction
  • Introduction
    • Introduction
  • Accessing your WordPress site
    • Accessing Your Site
    • Logging Into Your Site
    • Resetting Your Password
    • Switching From Dashboard to Live Site
  • Adding content to your site
    • Creating a Post
    • Creating a Page
    • Working with content in the Visual editor
    • Working with code in the Text editor
    • Creating a Link
    • Editing a Link
    • Adding an Image to a Page or Post
    • Wrapping Text Around an Image
    • Editing Image Details
    • Removing an Image From a Page or Post
    • Adding a Featured Image to a Post
    • Deleting a Post
    • Deleting a Page
  • Working with Menus
    • Creating a Menu
    • Adding Pages to a Menu
    • Removing Pages From a Menu
    • Creating a Custom Link Menu item
    • Changing a button label
    • Changing the order of Menu items
    • Creating a fly-out Menu
    • Managing the Menu location
  • Working with Plugins
    • Adding a Plugin to your site
    • Finding plugin instructions
    • Updating your Plugins
    • Deactivating a Plugin
    • Deleting a Plugin
  • Changing the look of your site
    • Adding a theme to your site
    • Changing themes
    • Managing the Menu after switching themes
    • Using the Customizer
    • Working with Widgets
    • Updating your themes
  • Site settings and administration
    • Creating a static front page
    • Creating a page for posts
    • Changing the format of permalinks
    • Changing your password
    • Changing your email address
    • Managing spam comments
    • Updating your WordPress installation
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  1. Site settings and administration

Updating your WordPress installation

Keeping your WordPress installation up to date is vital for keeping your website secure.

When a major update to WordPress is available, you'll need to perform the update. (Minor updates will happen automatically.)

  1. From the Dashboard click Dashboard and select Updates.

  2. If an upgrade to WordPress is available, click Upgrade Automatically. Allow the update to run.

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