Wordpress - How to update

Check System Requirements

Check Current Versions via WordPress Admin:

Log into wp-admin
Go to Dashboard → Updates or Tools → Site Health → Info

• Current WordPress version
• PHP version
• MySQL/MariaDB version

Compare with: https://wordpress.org/about/requirements/

Clone files

We keep a working backup of the existing Wordpress.
Using cp from the shell

Clone database

We check credentials at /public_html/wp-config.php
Dump database
Inject database