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*Make sure the original wp-config.php file is in the upgrade directory (The "original / working" version of the file should be copied with the above CP command as it does not typically exist in a newly extracted version of WordPress (it's generated))
*Make sure the original wp-config.php file is in the upgrade directory (The "original / working" version of the file should be copied with the above CP command as it does not typically exist in a newly extracted version of WordPress (it's generated))
*Also remember a LOT of extensions make use of an .htaccess file (with Apache and other web servers) to modify the behavior of a WordPress site, so make sure that file from the original version of that file is copied into the upgrade directory (it is a hidden file, so make sure).
*Also remember a LOT of extensions make use of an .htaccess file (with Apache and other web servers) to modify the behavior of a WordPress site, so '''make sure the .htaccess file from the original version of that file is copied into the upgrade directory''' (it is a hidden file, so double check that).  And after it was promptly forgotten by the author of this article, looked it up and found this reference too: https://tompai.pro/wordpress/solved-404-on-posts-and-pages-after-wordpress-update-to-4-9-8/ (it applies to other versions than the one noted in that article).


===Plugins===
===Plugins===