Title: Why upgrade
Last modified: August 19, 2016

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# Why upgrade

 *  Resolved [tricias](https://wordpress.org/support/users/tricias/)
 * (@tricias)
 * [17 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/why-upgrade-1/)
 * so I’m just moving to WordPress, looked a good move. My web hosting company did
   it for me, I got started and then immediately had problems with upgrading, issues
   beyond my skills set and time availability.
 * I’ve nearly got it looking right, lots of people know I’m about to launch it 
   and I need to do this within 24 hours
 * Question is is it worth spending any more of my time on trying to find out why
   it wont upgrade .. what will I miss out on if I don’t do it this time
 * Tricia

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 *  [mrmist](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mrmist/)
 * (@mrmist)
 * [17 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/why-upgrade-1/#post-995688)
 * You miss out on functionality, because you won’t get the new features and eventually
   your plugins will stop being supported.
 * You also miss out on security updates, so if your blog becomes popular or you
   are unlucky you will get hacked.
 *  Thread Starter [tricias](https://wordpress.org/support/users/tricias/)
 * (@tricias)
 * [17 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/why-upgrade-1/#post-995691)
 * mrmist thanks! 🙂 this is just what I wanted.. straight to the point. Will leave
   this open for a little longer to gather any other additional views
 *  [mrmist](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mrmist/)
 * (@mrmist)
 * [17 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/why-upgrade-1/#post-995693)
 * Also the longer you leave between upgrades the more likely you are to encounter
   upgrade issues when or if you finally decide to become current. This is because
   more testing is dedicated to upgrading from the previously current release to
   a new one than there is between older releases and the new one.
 *  [ejm](https://wordpress.org/support/users/llizard/)
 * (@llizard)
 * [17 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/why-upgrade-1/#post-995818)
 * Is there a page that lists the changes made between 2.7 and 2.7.1? It would be
   nice to know if the changes are cosmetic or security fixes.
 *  [Samuel B](https://wordpress.org/support/users/samboll/)
 * (@samboll)
 * [17 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/why-upgrade-1/#post-995855)
 * [http://wordpress.org/download/release-archive/](http://wordpress.org/download/release-archive/)
 *  [Len](https://wordpress.org/support/users/lenk/)
 * (@lenk)
 * [17 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/why-upgrade-1/#post-995858)
 * You might also want to subscribe to the [official WordPress Blog](http://wordpress.org/development/).
   It usually (always?) lists the changesets.
 *  [Samuel B](https://wordpress.org/support/users/samboll/)
 * (@samboll)
 * [17 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/why-upgrade-1/#post-995871)
 * for changesets you can also go to codex and input version in search bar and get
   the changes
 *  Thread Starter [tricias](https://wordpress.org/support/users/tricias/)
 * (@tricias)
 * [17 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/why-upgrade-1/#post-996051)
 * I’m closing this down. I’ve had some answers as to why I should upgrade thank
   you very much
 *  [ejm](https://wordpress.org/support/users/llizard/)
 * (@llizard)
 * [17 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/why-upgrade-1/#post-996111)
 * Thank you. The official WordPress Blog has the information I was seeking summarized.
   It’s too bad that a link to this blog entry is not included on the latest stable
   download page at [http://wordpress.org/download/](http://wordpress.org/download/)
 * [http://wordpress.org/development/2009/02/wordpress-271/](http://wordpress.org/development/2009/02/wordpress-271/)
 * The link to the list of fixed tickets on the wordpress blog is particularly useful.

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 * In: [Installing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/installation/)
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 * Last reply from: [ejm](https://wordpress.org/support/users/llizard/)
 * Last activity: [17 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/why-upgrade-1/#post-996111)
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