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Manually update WordPress

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Manually update WordPress

- [Instructor] Keeping plugins and themes up to date is important, but keeping WordPress up to date is vital, because every WordPress version comes with security upgrades, to make sure your installation is secure as it can be even on an intranet. And with WordPress core we run into the same problems with plugins and themes. If you are running WordPress on an intranet site that is not connected to the internet, there is no way for you to know whether or not you are running the latest version of WordPress. Now of course you can find out which version of WordPress you are running quit easily by going to the admin panel and just scrolling to the bottom, here at the bottom right hand corner, it will tell you what version number you have, mine is currently 5.2.4. You can also go to the WordPress icon to the top left hand corner and click on about WordPress button, this takes you to the landing page for the current version…

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