WordPress Manual Upgrade for Experts: Difference between revisions

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find /var/www/html/WhatEverDirectory -type f -exec chmod 644 {} \;

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*Copy the working version of the WordPress website files into the new directory;

*Copy the working version of the WordPress website files into the new directory (The above command will not overwrite any of the new files and will also preserve all permissions from the "working" WordPress files. The end result is upgraded WordPress Files and any custom stuff in the same directory);

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cp -R -n -v -a -x /var/www/html/WorkingWebSite/* /var/www/html/WebSite Note: Flags can be combined, IE -Rnvax, but are shown separately for clarity.

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*The above command will not overwrite any of the new files and will also preserve all permissions from the "working" WordPress files. The end result is upgraded WordPress Files and any custom stuff in the same directory.

*Make sure the wp-config.php file is in the upgrade directory (there shouldn't be a wp-config.php file in the upgrade folder and it should be copied with the above CP command)

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 find /var/www/html/WhatEverDirectory -type f -exec chmod 644 {} \;
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-*Copy the working version of the WordPress website files into the new directory;
+*Copy the working version of the WordPress website files into the new directory (The above command will not overwrite any of the new files and will also preserve all permissions from the "working" WordPress files.  The end result is upgraded WordPress Files and any custom stuff in the same directory);
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 cp -R -n -v -a -x /var/www/html/WorkingWebSite/* /var/www/html/WebSite Note: Flags can be combined, IE -Rnvax, but are shown separately for clarity.
 </syntaxhighlight>
-*The above command will not overwrite any of the new files and will also preserve all permissions from the "working" WordPress files.  The end result is upgraded WordPress Files and any custom stuff in the same directory.
 *Make sure the wp-config.php file is in the upgrade directory (there shouldn't be a wp-config.php file in the upgrade folder and it should be copied with the above CP command)