How to update WordPress core safely

1. Open your Pressy and go to WordPress in the sidebar.
2. If an update is waiting, the top of the page says so.
3. Press Back up and update.
4. Wait. The update takes a minute or two.

The button is literal about the order:

1. A full backup of the site is taken.
2. The update runs.
3. The site is checked to see it still answers.
4. If it does not, the backup goes back and the update is undone.

If the backup fails, the update does not run at all. You are never left half-updated with no way back.

Before a major version

Minor and security releases are safe to take immediately. For a major version on a site that earns money:

1. Create a staging copy.
2. Update WordPress there.
3. Click around the parts that matter — checkout, forms, bookings.
4. If it is fine, come back and update live.

If the update fails

The site is put back automatically and the Activity log feed records what happened. Nothing is lost.

The usual cause is a plugin that has not been updated for the new WordPress version. Update your plugins first, then try again. If it fails a second time, send us the line from the activity feed and we will look at it.