Title: downgrading WordPress
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# downgrading WordPress

 *  Resolved [startribe](https://wordpress.org/support/users/startribe/)
 * (@startribe)
 * [19 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/downgrading-wordpress/)
 * I was curios to as if there is any special steps in downgrading WordPress. I 
   ran into some pluggin issue (or at least I hope thats the problem) after upgrading.
   Is it just the same as upgrading, only you use older WordPress files? I am planning
   on going from 2.1 back to 2.05.
 * Thanks,
    Orion

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 *  [vkaryl](https://wordpress.org/support/users/vkaryl/)
 * (@vkaryl)
 * [19 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/downgrading-wordpress/#post-524042)
 * Well, aside from thinking you should (after downgrading to 2.0.5) upgrade that
   to 2.0.8, yes….
 * Assuming you have a 2.0+ database, you simply drop the database tables (**not
   the db itself!**), delete the entire fileset in the wp installation (EXCEPT for
   wp-config.php and any special/custom theme files), upload the older version fileset,
   and run install. Then once installed, go back into the database, drop all the
   tables (again, **just** the tables, not the db!), import the 2.0+ db backup, 
   and visit the admin section. If you get an upgrade notice, click it….
 * Should be good to go….
 *  Thread Starter [startribe](https://wordpress.org/support/users/startribe/)
 * (@startribe)
 * [19 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/downgrading-wordpress/#post-524055)
 * Ok… thanks, I will give it a try. And hopefully this will resolve my issue with
   the Post Image Pluggin. Thanks,
    Orion
 *  Thread Starter [startribe](https://wordpress.org/support/users/startribe/)
 * (@startribe)
 * [19 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/downgrading-wordpress/#post-524064)
 * Ok… downgrading was simple, but it didn’t fix my problem. Thanks for your help.
 *  [vkaryl](https://wordpress.org/support/users/vkaryl/)
 * (@vkaryl)
 * [19 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/downgrading-wordpress/#post-524069)
 * Hmmm. Well, maybe try a different plugin for images? Only one I unequivocally
   recommend is Image Manager from [http://soderlind.no/&#8230](http://soderlind.no/&#8230);.
   and I also recommend Windows Live Writer as a blog client – [http://windowslivewriter.spaces.live.com/](http://windowslivewriter.spaces.live.com/)–
   absolutely the simplest image insertion possible.

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