You can, but we don’t want you to. You run the risk of missing security updates, and we really just don’t recommend it.
In fact, there are security holes in 3.4.1.
Please. Upgrade.
Thanks for the recommendation, but I’m just not going to spend every other week upgrading WordPress. I modified the theme and other pages to make the website look and perform a certain way, which means I would have to do a manual install and Worpress has a LOT of pages.
Now if it was just a matter of replacing two or three key pages of code then that wouldn’t be a problem. But having to re-install the complete program every time there is an upgrade is insane. I backup the databases each time there is a new post, so it would be just as well to wait until the site is taken down by a hacker, install the new version and import the backed up database.
Thanks anyway. I know you’re just trying to help.
I modified the theme and other pages
What exactly did you modify? The Twnety Eleven theme? WordPress core files?
it would be just as well to wait until the site is taken down by a hacker
Clearing up after a hacker takes a lot more work than just re-installing WordPress. Your database & uploads may be infected.Plus you will be putting every other site on the same server at risk.
Have a look through this lot to get an idea of what lies ahead:
http://smackdown.blogsblogsblogs.com/2008/06/24/how-to-completely-clean-your-hacked-wordpress-installation/
http://ottopress.com/2009/hacked-wordpress-backdoors/
http://blog.sucuri.net/2012/03/wordpress-understanding-its-true-vulnerability.html
