How to Manually Update WordPress

To manually update WordPress you can do this:

1) Download the latest version of WordPress

2) Login to your server via FTP or SSH

3) Make a backup of /wp-content/ and MySQL database

4) Delete all files from the WP directory, except:

.htaccess
 wp-config.php

5) Delete the following directories:

wp-admin
wp-includes

6) Upload the new files of WordPress, except:

wp-content
wp-config-sample.php

Done!

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