Wordpress Update
Prerequisites
- WordPress admin credentials
- Hetzner konsoleH credentials
Major Releases of WordPress Core
- Read the releases notes https://codex.wordpress.org/Version_VERSION (substitute the right version number for VERSION)
- Consider making a backup of the database. This can be done via the Hetzner konsoleH control panel.
- Apply update using the Updates page
- Cursory tests and declare victory.
- Then let the mailing list know and ask people to be on the alert for issues.
Minor Core + Plugin updates
Follow the following process
- Log into WordPress with a user that has administrator access.
- Navigate to the 'Updates' page
- Review the available updates.
- Work through the updates one at a time starting from smallest updates, minor and patch releases.
