How Update WordPress Manually
If you have set restrictive file permissions on your site you may have to upgrade your WordPress core, theme and plugin files manually. You may have another reason for doing so. Below we include a detailed guide on how to do this. Upgrading WordPress Core Manually First create a full backup of your website. This is very important in case you make a mistake. Download the newest WordPress ZIP file from wordpress.org. Unzip the file into a directory on your local machine or in a separate directory on your website. Deactivate all of the plugins on your WordPress site. Go to your website root directory and delete your ‘wp-includes’ and ‘wp-admin’ directories. You can do this via sFTP or via SSH. Upload (or copy over) the new wp-includes and wp-admin directories...