Upgrade WordPress using command-line in 10 seconds


WordPress always release their engine most in every 2 month or less. Using command-line will make upgrading wordpress done in 10 seconds.

I assume you have latest version of wordpress in folder called “wordpress”. And i have “wordpress-old” as my old wordpress. Make latest and old on same level folder and do this :

1. Deleting Old WordPress files

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rm -rf wordpress-old/wp-includes
rm -rf wordpress-old/wp-admin/

2. Copy New WordPress into Old files

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cp -dR wordpress/wp-includes wordpress-old/
cp -dR wordpress/wp-admin wordpress-old/
cp -dR wordpress/wp-content wordpress-old/

3. Check wp-config and compare if there new feature to be added.

4. Login into admin and do “Update Database”

Done! 😀


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