in this chapter, we will study how to update version in wordpress. here, we will upgrade wordpress to the latest version through the admin panel.

following are a few simple steps to update the version in wordpress.

step (1) − click on please update now as shown in the following screen.

you will get notifications in wordpress admin panel when there is a newer version available for wordpress. before updating, it is advised to keep wordpress backup.

step (2) − after clicking on the update link, the following page gets displayed. click on update now button.

step (3) − the following message gets displayed during the upgradation of wordpress.

note − while updating the version, if you get an error as

fatal error: maximum execution time of 30 seconds exceeded in c:\your wordpress folder\wp-includes\class-http.php on line 1597

then you need to take the following actions −

• open your wordpress folder → wp-includes folder

• open class-http.php file and add the following line at the beginning − set_time_limit (0);

• save the file.

now your wordpress is successfully upgraded.