What Do I Need to Do Before I Update a WordPress Website?

You have to do a complete WordPress Backup. This is crucial. Even if you’re using a plugin for it, please make sure you have the latest version that you can restore if anything goes wrong. Keep this version on your computer or in a cloud storage.

To do a complete WordPress backup you need to copy:

• Your full WordPress database;
• all of your media content;
• all the installed plugins and themes;
• core WordPress files.

When you have everything copied and stored in a remote place, you can update your WordPress website.