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# Update WordPress to 2.8.4
- URL: https://chrisenns.com/2009/08/update-wordpress-to-2-8-4/
- Published: 2009-08-13T12:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2024-04-08T23:51:51.000Z
- Author: Chris Enns
- Tags: Uncategorized, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2024-04-08 17:47, #ichris

If you're on a self-hosted WordPress blog and you see a message looking something like this at the top of your login page:

![updatewordpress](https://chrisenns.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/08/updatewordpress1.png "updatewordpress")

You should probably click it. You'll then see a screen that looks something like this:

![areyousureupdatewp](https://chrisenns.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/08/areyousureupdatewp1.png "areyousureupdatewp")

Where you should click '**Upgrade Automatically**' and then sit back and watch the magic happen.

A few words of caution. If you're not sure if your WordPress blog has some sort of auto-backup of the database, don't click those buttons I told you to click above. My current favorite is the plugin [WP-DB Backup](https://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/wp-db-backup/?ref=chrisenns.com) which allows you to email yourself (remember that Gmail account you have with gigs of space you're not using?) a copy of your database on a weekly basis. Just to be safe.