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 *   Forum: [Fixing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/how-to-and-troubleshooting/)
   
   In reply to: [4.3 upgrade now can't get into dashboard](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/43-upgrade-now-cant-get-into-dashboard/)
 *  [webbva](https://wordpress.org/support/users/webbva/)
 * (@webbva)
 * [10 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/43-upgrade-now-cant-get-into-dashboard/page/2/#post-6452877)
 * Whenever you update your wordpress site you want to start from the bottom and
   work your way up. If you begin by updating the wordpress version you will receive
   a lot of errors.
 * First you should update translation, which is only there if you are updating 
   from a very outdated version. Then you update themes, even if you aren’t using
   the default theme it’s good practice to update it anyway. Then you update plugins
   and after updating everything else you update the wordpress version.
 * If you are still receiving errors, read them and it will tell you what to do 
   next. If you think there’s nothing functionally wrong with your site and these
   errors are just annoying, then go to your config.php file and change “define(‘
   WP_DEBUG’, true);” to define “(‘WP_DEBUG’, false);” If the errors are still there
   then you cannot ignore them.
 * Ok so if the error message says anything about a file in the /wp-content/plugins
   folder then the error message is being caused by a plugin. As a website developer
   I think it would be best just to delete the plugin if it’s already updated. Cut
   your losses, it’s not worth it. Find a better plugin. It’s also never smart to
   edit anything outside of your wp-content/theme folder because everything will
   be wiped clean when updated. Also never download a theme and edit its files unless
   you plan to never update it, though the best thing to do when editing a downloaded
   theme is to make a child theme. That way you can still update the theme and your
   changes will not be erased.
 * If the error message says anything about a file in the wp-content/theme then 
   update that file, again if it’s a downloaded theme it’s best to build a child
   theme. I like to use a sandbox theme like bones to build my themes, wordpress
   default themes are also classified as sandbox themes, they do not/should not 
   use child themes.
 * Lastly if it’s anything in the wp-admin or wp-includes folder it’s the wordpress
   version itself and it is not translating properly, meaning you did not update
   it correctly from bottom to top. I’ve done this before and a quick fix is just
   to download wordpress from wordpress.org and drop the files that are causing 
   errors directly into your site’s ftp folder. Yes this could be risky, but there
   isn’t any other solution I can think of. I had the exact problem you did because
   I did not update it correctly and this fixed it.
 * Lastly ALWAYS backup your work. Backup your Backup. Buy an external hard drive
   backup to backup your work, simple to use and update. You can also backup your
   work for free on [https://onedrive.live.com/about/en-us/](https://onedrive.live.com/about/en-us/).
 * Hope this helps!

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