Title: Replacing admin folder manually
Last modified: August 21, 2016

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# Replacing admin folder manually

 *  [Lian LaRussa](https://wordpress.org/support/users/lian-larussa/)
 * (@lian-larussa)
 * [12 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/replacing-admin-folder-manually/)
 * I want to manually replace the wp-admin folder on the ftp site on a live wordpress
   site to try and fix an error with a plugin.
 * Is it okay to replace this while the site is live? Or can I just copy the folder
   and replace it?
 * Also, the updates page says I am running the current version of WordPress, but
   the dashboard says I’m using 3.2.1. Why would that be?

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 *  [Krishna](https://wordpress.org/support/users/1nexus/)
 * (@1nexus)
 * [12 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/replacing-admin-folder-manually/#post-3823237)
 * What is your site URL?
 *  Thread Starter [Lian LaRussa](https://wordpress.org/support/users/lian-larussa/)
 * (@lian-larussa)
 * [12 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/replacing-admin-folder-manually/#post-3823437)
 * [http://quest-insight.com/](http://quest-insight.com/)
 *  [Krishna](https://wordpress.org/support/users/1nexus/)
 * (@1nexus)
 * [12 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/replacing-admin-folder-manually/#post-3823463)
 * Yes, you are running WordPress 3.2.1. Try to update.
    Backup your site first,
   deactivate all plugins and revert to your default WordPress theme before updating.

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 * In: [Fixing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/how-to-and-troubleshooting/)
 * 3 replies
 * 2 participants
 * Last reply from: [Krishna](https://wordpress.org/support/users/1nexus/)
 * Last activity: [12 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/replacing-admin-folder-manually/#post-3823463)
 * Status: not resolved

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