Title: wordpress upgrade Last modified: August 18, 2016 --- # wordpress upgrade * [mpower](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mpower/) * (@mpower) * [19 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpress-upgrade/) * Hello all! * I’m currently using DirectAdmin + Installatron. I have upgraded my wordpress 3 times and each time when I do an upgrade (via installatron), this happens: * 1) sidebar.php reverts back to the original copy 2) my plugins that have been activated are “deactivated” 3) my whole page looks like it’s been through hell until I log on and reactivate my plugins and reinstate sidebar.php * Any clue on how to prevent this from happening? Viewing 2 replies - 1 through 2 (of 2 total) * [moshu](https://wordpress.org/support/users/moshu/) * (@moshu) * [19 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpress-upgrade/#post-485425) * Other than doing a simple manual upgrade as described in the Codex… I don’t see any solution. Obviously, your tools always over-write all your settings. * [Dgold](https://wordpress.org/support/users/dgold/) * (@dgold) * [19 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpress-upgrade/#post-485430) * Not sure cuz I haven’t used an Installer like that… but it probably deactivates your plugins as a pre-caution. It is recommended to deact all the plugins before upgrading (I usually don’t, and nothing bad has happened to me, but I keep back- ups just in case). * The sidebar thing is a bit weird, if you’re using a Custom theme. If you’re just using the Default theme, well, that theme has been changed with recent upgrades, so it’s giving you the latest version of the theme. Viewing 2 replies - 1 through 2 (of 2 total) The topic ‘wordpress upgrade’ is closed to new replies. * In: [Installing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/installation/) * 2 replies * 3 participants * Last reply from: [Dgold](https://wordpress.org/support/users/dgold/) * Last activity: [19 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpress-upgrade/#post-485430) * Status: not resolved ## Topics ### Topics with no replies ### Non-support topics ### Resolved topics ### Unresolved topics ### All topics