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  drforbin6 · Member · Oct 30, 2023 at 5:33 pm

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  I’m currently admin for 6.2.3 version site. I have upgraded everything except the core. Are there any problems with doing this or should the upgrade be straight forward ?

  Thank you all.

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  staff-totoro · Staff · Oct 30, 2023 at 5:38 pm

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  Hello,

  Thank you for reaching out to us with your question. It’s worth noting that the site you’re administering appears to be using the free open-source version of WordPress, hosted through a different provider, and not on our WordPress.com managed hosting.

  This being the case, our ability to assist with potential issues on your site is limited as we can only fully investigate and resolve issues on sites hosted directly on WordPress.com. Just to provide a bit of context, our managed hosting platform offers several benefits including performance optimizations, scale, security, and support, that may not be available with your current provider. Here’s a link that provides more detailed information: https://wordpress.com/hosting/

  One option available to you, should you wish to have comprehensive support from WordPress.com in future, is moving your hosting to WordPress.com. We offer an easy-to-use migration plugin that you can utilize to transfer your site. Details on how to use this are available at this link:

  

  Import a Website » Import using Move to WordPress.com

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  Use the Move to WordPress.com plugin to migrate a self-hosted WordPress site to WordPress.com. Follow the steps in this guide to import your site (including your content, media, plugins, and theme) directly from your wp-admin dashboard. Prerequisites To follow the steps in this guide, you will need: Your source site: a WordPress site with any other hosting provider (referred to as a se

  However, we understand if you’d like to stay with your current host. You can find substantial help in the WordPress.org community support forums which are specific to the open-source version of WordPress that you’re utilizing. Your fellow community members there are quite knowledgeable and helpful with many topics. The forum can be accessed here: https://wordpress.org/support/forum/how-to-and-troubleshooting/

  Hope this helps. Let us know if you have any further questions.