Title: Upgrade database?
Last modified: August 30, 2016

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# Upgrade database?

 *  [enderst](https://wordpress.org/support/users/enderst/)
 * (@enderst)
 * [10 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/upgrade-database-2/)
 * So anyone can upgrade the db? Shouldn’t that occur during update process or after
   the auto update and the admin has authenticated? Allowing anyone that stumbles
   upon /wp-admin/ to click the upgrade database button without authentication seems…
   #
   hopefullygoodsamaritan

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 *  Moderator [James Huff](https://wordpress.org/support/users/macmanx/)
 * (@macmanx)
 * [10 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/upgrade-database-2/#post-6570698)
 * It actually doesn’t do anything if the database is already updated, which it 
   should be anyway, because you can’t access the Dashboard after upgrading without
   doing that, kind of like how the install.php file won’t do anything if you’re
   already installed.
 * Regardless though, even if you haven’t accessed your Dashboard in days since 
   the upgrade, the worst thing (and the only thing) running upgrade.php can do 
   is upgrade your database to the current version’s schema. Hardly nefarious. 🙂

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 * In: [Fixing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/how-to-and-troubleshooting/)
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 * Last reply from: [James Huff](https://wordpress.org/support/users/macmanx/)
 * Last activity: [10 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/upgrade-database-2/#post-6570698)
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