Title: update wordpress
Last modified: August 20, 2016

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# update wordpress

 *  [Chaloupi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/chaloupi/)
 * (@chaloupi)
 * [13 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/update-wordpress-1/)
 * I would like to update wordpress but I need to back up my files first. How do
   I do that?

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 *  [ThorHammer](https://wordpress.org/support/users/thorhammer/)
 * (@thorhammer)
 * [13 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/update-wordpress-1/#post-3268353)
 * Dashboard–>Tools–>Export
 * you should also backup your database, look here:
 * [http://codex.wordpress.org/WordPress_Backups](http://codex.wordpress.org/WordPress_Backups)

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 * In: [Fixing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/how-to-and-troubleshooting/)
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 * Last activity: [13 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/update-wordpress-1/#post-3268353)
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