Title: Are my posts safe?
Last modified: August 18, 2016

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# Are my posts safe?

 *  [jrevolution](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jrevolution/)
 * (@jrevolution)
 * [19 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/are-my-posts-safe/)
 * I am upgrading to a new version of wordpress, a new theme, and lots of other 
   goodies. I want to completely wipe my current wordpress installation, but I need
   to know if it is okay to do so. Are my posts tied to the MySQL database or the
   wordpress files themselves?
 * Please get back to me!

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 *  [Chris_K](https://wordpress.org/support/users/handysolo/)
 * (@handysolo)
 * [19 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/are-my-posts-safe/#post-544471)
 * Your Posts (and Pages) are all stored in the MySQL database.
 * Might have a look at [Upgrading_WordPress](http://codex.wordpress.org/Upgrading_WordPress).
 *  Thread Starter [jrevolution](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jrevolution/)
 * (@jrevolution)
 * [19 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/are-my-posts-safe/#post-544472)
 * So it is safe to wipe the rest of my wordpress installation?
 *  [Chris_K](https://wordpress.org/support/users/handysolo/)
 * (@handysolo)
 * [19 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/are-my-posts-safe/#post-544474)
 * You’d probably want to save any plugins you plan to continue to use and your 
   wp-config.php file… but sure, you can whack the rest.
 *  Thread Starter [jrevolution](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jrevolution/)
 * (@jrevolution)
 * [19 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/are-my-posts-safe/#post-544475)
 * Alright. What about image/file uploads that I still need?
 *  [Chris_K](https://wordpress.org/support/users/handysolo/)
 * (@handysolo)
 * [19 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/are-my-posts-safe/#post-544476)
 * 🙂 Good point. Presumably, that’s all under wp-content/uploads.
 * If we’re “just” doing an upgrade, I’d suggest checking the upgrade link I gave
   earlier.
 *  Thread Starter [jrevolution](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jrevolution/)
 * (@jrevolution)
 * [19 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/are-my-posts-safe/#post-544477)
 * The thing is — I really, really messed up my access to wp-admin by changing the
   link of the blog. We are updating for my website’s second anniversary, and now
   I can’t access the admincp.
 * I was trying to make it to where visitors of the site couldn’t see the blog so
   I could work on it in the background… but now I royally messed up.
 *  [Chris_K](https://wordpress.org/support/users/handysolo/)
 * (@handysolo)
 * [19 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/are-my-posts-safe/#post-544478)
 * [http://www.tamba2.org.uk/wordpress/site-url/](http://www.tamba2.org.uk/wordpress/site-url/)
 *  [lelion](https://wordpress.org/support/users/lelion/)
 * (@lelion)
 * [19 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/are-my-posts-safe/#post-544497)
 * HandySolo gave you the correct link, follow it 🙂

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