I deleted my wordpress-folders for my website because I didn´t think I would use them. How do I update it?

Cathrin Janøy Hello!

Log into your original site's admin dashboard: www.yoursite.com/wp-admin

On the left side you should see "Dashboard" and "Updates" click that and then update your Wordpress!

(Before updating though, I recommend you make a full backup using: UpdraftPlus Backup and Restoration)

Good luck!

Josiah

Are you referring to your live website or your local version that you are practicing on?

If it's your live website, all of your content like your pages and blog posts are stored in the database. So your information is there. You just have to replace the files and folders you deleted. Unfortunately, if you deleted the wp-content folder, which is where your custom theme resides, it is lost forever unless your developer had given you a backup copy that incorporates all the work that was done.

If you are trying to duplicate your live website on a local server like on your computer, you will need to export your content from your website. Go to Tools > Export and select what content you want to export. Then when you login to your local development website, you follow the same procedure, except instead of exporting you will import.

Thank you so so much for this!!