Login and Check
  1. Log into WordPress and check for any updates
Backup Everything!
  1. Go to your cPanel / hosting account and navigate to “File Manager”
  2. Compress / zip up the entire website
  3. Rename the backup and keep it on the server for now
  4. Go back to your cPanel / hosting account and navigate to “phpMyAdmin”
  5. Find the database used by your website, navigate to Export and follow the instructions to download an SQL backup file – save to your computer
Update WordPress
  1. Once you are sure you have backed-up everything, go back to WordPress and update WordPress
  2. View your website and see if there are any issues
Support
  • View the video above
  • If you find issues with your website, you can try to fix them yourself or contact us.