Title: Step One
Last modified: August 18, 2016

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# Step One

 *  [remdog](https://wordpress.org/support/users/remdog/)
 * (@remdog)
 * [19 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/step-one-2/)
 * Ok here are the steps provided by WordPress to upgrade located in the readme 
   file:
 * 1) Delete your old WP files, saving ones you’ve modified
    2) Upload the new files
   3)Point your browser to /wp-admin/upgrade.php You wanted more, perhaps? That’s
   it!
 * OK so say I save all my files I changed do I just delete every single file. Does
   WP files include everything? What about my plugins??
 * Sorry but this is a first for me.

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 *  [msadventures](https://wordpress.org/support/users/msadventures/)
 * (@msadventures)
 * [19 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/step-one-2/#post-504186)
 * Don’t delete your plugins. It would, however, be a good idea to deactivate them
   all temporarily while you get the new version uploaded and get the plugins put
   in the right place. Reactivate them one by one once you get the new version uploaded.
   Some plugins have not been upgraded to be compatible with WP 2.0 and up.
 * If you have a custom theme you prefer to use, you don’t have to delete that either,
   just make sure that it gets put in the right place when you’ve got all the new
   files uploaded.
 *  [moshu](https://wordpress.org/support/users/moshu/)
 * (@moshu)
 * [19 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/step-one-2/#post-504193)
 * Usually, I keep my wp-content folder with the plugins and themes.
    However, if
   you use Akismet, check for the newer version in the new download.

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