Title: Updating WP
Last modified: August 31, 2016

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# Updating WP

 *  [jssdt](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jssdt/)
 * (@jssdt)
 * [10 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/updating-wp-2/)
 * Hi there,
 * Our web site has been moderately customised and is currently at 3.9.10.
 * I am not proficient at all with WP, and am wondering what risks there are in 
   clicking on the “WordPress 4.4.1 is available! Please update now.” link…
 * Thanks for your insights!
    Jean-Stéphane

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 *  [jamesduffell](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jamesduffell/)
 * (@jamesduffell)
 * [10 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/updating-wp-2/#post-6915312)
 * I’d probably say the biggest issue with updating is the risk of compatibility/
   conflicts more often than not with the plugins over the theme itself, of course
   this comes down to the coding standards used.
 * Best tip I’d give is duplicating your site and database into a sub directory 
   and running a test update there so you’re not making any changes to your live
   site in the event it doesn’t quite work out.
 *  [George Florea Banus](https://wordpress.org/support/users/fbgm/)
 * (@fbgm)
 * [10 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/updating-wp-2/#post-6915313)
 * If you didn’t touch the core wordpress files, it shouldn’t break anything, do
   make a back-up before.
 * I recommend you set up a localhost and duplicate your site and test it first 
   to be sure.
 * [https://managewp.com/how-to-create-a-local-copy-of-a-live-wordpress-site](https://managewp.com/how-to-create-a-local-copy-of-a-live-wordpress-site)
 *  Moderator [James Huff](https://wordpress.org/support/users/macmanx/)
 * (@macmanx)
 * [10 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/updating-wp-2/#post-6915315)
 * There should be no risks, but it is always possible that a developer of a plugin
   or theme never bothered to test during the month-long public beta period before
   the release of WordPress 4.4, or the following 3-week period before the release
   of 4.4.1. It sounds silly, I know, but it happens. 🙁
 * I recommend that you backup first: [https://codex.wordpress.org/WordPress_Backups](https://codex.wordpress.org/WordPress_Backups)
 * Then, hit that update button. 🙂
 * If anything goes wrong, please let us know!
 * Edit: Two replies while I’ve doddled with the tab open, that’s a new record for
   me. 🙂
 *  Thread Starter [jssdt](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jssdt/)
 * (@jssdt)
 * [10 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/updating-wp-2/#post-6915323)
 * Thank you guys, this is awesome! Though I’m an ex-IT person, I don’t have the
   time or will to fiddle with backups etc. Is there someone I could pay to do this?
   I’m happy, if this is OK with this forum’s rules, to take to conversation offline.
   
   JS
 *  [George Florea Banus](https://wordpress.org/support/users/fbgm/)
 * (@fbgm)
 * [10 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/updating-wp-2/#post-6915324)
 * There are many plugins that can do scheduled backups, both of your files and 
   your database.
 * [BackUpWordPress](https://wordpress.org/plugins/backupwordpress/) I used to use
   this one, but there are many more.
 *  Moderator [James Huff](https://wordpress.org/support/users/macmanx/)
 * (@macmanx)
 * [10 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/updating-wp-2/#post-6915328)
 * [https://wordpress.org/plugins/updraftplus/](https://wordpress.org/plugins/updraftplus/)
   for another option as well, and many more [https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/backup](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/backup)
   🙂

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 * In: [Fixing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/how-to-and-troubleshooting/)
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 * Last activity: [10 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/updating-wp-2/#post-6915328)
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