Title: update software
Last modified: August 20, 2016

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# update software

 *  [Chaloupi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/chaloupi/)
 * (@chaloupi)
 * [14 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/update-software/)
 * I am afraid that If I update my wordpress, I will lose all my materials. How 
   can I avoid taking that risk.

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 *  [govpatel](https://wordpress.org/support/users/govpatel/)
 * (@govpatel)
 * [14 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/update-software/#post-2546955)
 * Back up as recommended before update.
 *  Thread Starter [Chaloupi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/chaloupi/)
 * (@chaloupi)
 * [14 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/update-software/#post-2547082)
 * how do you back up?
 *  [govpatel](https://wordpress.org/support/users/govpatel/)
 * (@govpatel)
 * [14 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/update-software/#post-2547083)
 * You will find instructions here
    [http://codex.wordpress.org/Backing_Up_Your_WordPress_Files](http://codex.wordpress.org/Backing_Up_Your_WordPress_Files)
   [http://codex.wordpress.org/Backing_Up_Your_Database](http://codex.wordpress.org/Backing_Up_Your_Database)

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 * In: [Installing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/installation/)
 * 3 replies
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 * Last reply from: [govpatel](https://wordpress.org/support/users/govpatel/)
 * Last activity: [14 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/update-software/#post-2547083)
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