Title: Need help finding basic directory
Last modified: August 19, 2016

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# Need help finding basic directory

 *  [charmitch](https://wordpress.org/support/users/charmitch/)
 * (@charmitch)
 * [15 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/need-help-finding-basic-directory/)
 * I’m trying to verify with e-bay partners that my site is really mine, they asked
   me to: Upload the file to the base directory of each of your domains that you
   would like to register. Where do I find the base directory? I’m very lost and
   still new to this.

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 *  [Clayton James](https://wordpress.org/support/users/claytonjames/)
 * (@claytonjames)
 * [15 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/need-help-finding-basic-directory/#post-1586898)
 * I would assume that your “Base” directory might be the equivalent of the “document
   root” directory for each of your domains. If you login via ftp, that might be
   your “public_html” directory.
 * Just a reminder, if you are really still using version 2.6.1, you should consider
   the benefits of upgrading to the most recent and most secure version of WordPress.
 *  Thread Starter [charmitch](https://wordpress.org/support/users/charmitch/)
 * (@charmitch)
 * [15 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/need-help-finding-basic-directory/#post-1586993)
 * How easy is it to upgrade to the most recent version of wordPress? What do I 
   need to do to do that?
 *  [esmi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/esmi/)
 * (@esmi)
 * [15 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/need-help-finding-basic-directory/#post-1587062)
 * You would need to [manually upgrade ](http://codex.wordpress.org/Upgrading_WordPress)
   to 2.7. Then you could use the automatic upgrade to go straight to 3.0. However,
   I would **strongly** recommend that you backup your database before you being
   and, again, after the upgrade to 2.7. Also deactivate all plugins and switch 
   to the default theme before begiinning the upgrade process.
 *  Thread Starter [charmitch](https://wordpress.org/support/users/charmitch/)
 * (@charmitch)
 * [15 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/need-help-finding-basic-directory/#post-1587182)
 * Where do I find the upgrade to 2.7?
 *  Thread Starter [charmitch](https://wordpress.org/support/users/charmitch/)
 * (@charmitch)
 * [15 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/need-help-finding-basic-directory/#post-1587183)
 * Would there be less steps to go through if I do the 2.7 then the 3.0 instead 
   of going directly to the 3.0?
 *  [Rev. Voodoo](https://wordpress.org/support/users/rvoodoo/)
 * (@rvoodoo)
 * [15 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/need-help-finding-basic-directory/#post-1587186)
 * [http://wordpress.org/download/release-archive/](http://wordpress.org/download/release-archive/)
 * you will find 2.7 here. It’s not about ‘less steps’, it’s adviseable to upgrade
   to 2.7 first to get the automatic updater. For upgrades from old versions of 
   wordpress, it is advised to upgrade incrementally with certain releases.
 * That’s why [@esmi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/esmi/) recommended you
   first manually upgrade to 2.7, then use the automatic installer to go from 2.7
   to 3.0

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 * [base directory](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/base-directory/)

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 * Last activity: [15 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/need-help-finding-basic-directory/#post-1587186)
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