Title: Updating WordPress.org (beginner issues)
Last modified: August 21, 2016

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# Updating WordPress.org (beginner issues)

 *  [scamnasio](https://wordpress.org/support/users/scamnasio/)
 * (@scamnasio)
 * [12 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/updating-wordpressorg-beginner-issues/)
 * Hello all,
 * I’m a first-time user of WordPress.org, I’ve always used wordpress.com. I recently
   started interning for this non-profit and they have a wordpress.org website that
   someone else made a long time ago. I was updating the content of the website 
   and I noticed that despite in my Dashboard the Menu elements would appear, they
   wouldn’t appear on the website itself. I figured it had something to do with 
   the fact that I was still using 3.6.1 when on the Dashboard there’s a pressuring
   message regarding updating WordPress to 3.8.
    **Here’s my issue**: I tried to
   google backing up wordpress.org and all the plug-ins require really advanced 
   stuff that does not really work anyway (such as accessing your website database
   and reuploading through third-party softwares?). Anyway, I was wondering if by**
   copying** and pasting in a text file the website’s **custom theme HTML code**
   and then **exporting the website contents** was going to be enough as a backup.**
   I want to be able to recreate the same exact website if somehow the update goes
   terribly wrong**.
 * Also, to update, do I need to know anything about the host log-in stuff. I did
   not create this website as I said… so I’m really not sure how to update the blog
   and having it backed up without screwing anything up.
 * Thank you,
 * Sara

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 * [updating](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/updating/)

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 * Last reply from: [scamnasio](https://wordpress.org/support/users/scamnasio/)
 * Last activity: [12 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/updating-wordpressorg-beginner-issues/)
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