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With WordPress it is important to update three things: the actual WordPress application, themes and plugins. However, before you begin updating any of these items, you should make sure that you have a current backup. This is important because sometimes these updates don’t go as well as planned and you need to restore a previous version of your site. Additionally, you might have made some modifications to your theme or plugin and forgot about the changes you made. Having a backup can help in that situation as well.

Learn more about the good news of installing WordPress on Cloud Sites with just one click through the Rackspace control panel.

 

 

You want to make sure that you are continually updating WordPress as new versions are released. You don’t want to be that guy that waits around and doesn’t update. With each update you will find bug fixes and security fixes. The major version updates (like 3.1, 3.2, 3.3…) will contain feature enhancements. One of these enhancements could be really helpful to you, but if you hold off on updating you won’t have access to them.

Many people don’t update their themes and a common reason is that they modify them to make them more personal. This is one reason you should look into using a child theme instead of modifying a parent theme. A lot of things that you can do in child themes will give you the functionality you are looking for when you modify the parent theme.

You also want to make sure to update plugins frequently. They are susceptible to no longer working when a new version of WordPress comes out. Most of the time this is OK as WordPress tries to maintain 100 percent backwards compatibility, however, there are cases where a new version can break a plugin. Additionally, there can be security vulnerabilities in plugins and you don’t want to be running an insecure version of that plugin.

Previously, Matt talked about what you need to know to backup WordPress check out his next post where he talks about why he loves WordPressLearn more about how Rackspace can help you with hosting your WordPress site.

Article Source : https://blog.rackspace.com/importance-of-updating-your-wordpress-site
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