{"id":74104,"date":"2016-07-29T09:15:35","date_gmt":"2016-07-29T13:15:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.templatemonster.com\/help\/?p=74104"},"modified":"2017-08-15T06:53:08","modified_gmt":"2017-08-15T10:53:08","slug":"wordpress-downgrade-engine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.templatemonster.com\/help\/wordpress-downgrade-engine.html","title":{"rendered":"WordPress. How to downgrade the engine"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Hello! This tutorial will guide you on how to downgrade WordPress engine.<\/p>\r\n\r\n <div class=\"video-container\">\r\n\t<iframe src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/o_-fjFGU9pY\"><\/iframe>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<div class=\"inline-banner\">\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.templatemonster.com\/service-center\/\">\r\n<img src=\"\/help\/files\/banners\/inline\/Banner-3-(835-x100).jpg\" \/>\r\n<\/a>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\t<ol><li>\r\n\t\t<p>Let us downgrade it to 4.4.3. First you need to navigate to <strong>Plugins<\/strong> section and disable all of your current site plugins. Then log out.<\/p>\r\n\t\t\r\n<a class=\"darkbox\" href=\"\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/WordPress.-How-to-downgrade-the-engine_1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/WordPress.-How-to-downgrade-the-engine_1-300x169.jpg\" alt=\"WordPress. How to downgrade the engine_1\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-74105\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.templatemonster.com\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/WordPress.-How-to-downgrade-the-engine_1-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.templatemonster.com\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/WordPress.-How-to-downgrade-the-engine_1-150x84.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.templatemonster.com\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/WordPress.-How-to-downgrade-the-engine_1.jpg 1000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>\t\t\r\n\t\t<\/li>\r\n\t<li>\r\n\t\t<p>Now navigate to your root folder via FTP or Cpanel and delete <strong>wp-admin<\/strong> and <strong>wp-includes<\/strong> folders.<\/p>\r\n\t\t\r\n<a class=\"darkbox\" href=\"\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/WordPress.-How-to-downgrade-the-engine_2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/WordPress.-How-to-downgrade-the-engine_2-300x169.jpg\" alt=\"WordPress. How to downgrade the engine_2\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-74106\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.templatemonster.com\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/WordPress.-How-to-downgrade-the-engine_2-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.templatemonster.com\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/WordPress.-How-to-downgrade-the-engine_2-150x84.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.templatemonster.com\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/WordPress.-How-to-downgrade-the-engine_2.jpg 1000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>\t\t\r\n\t<\/li>\r\n\r\n\t<li>\r\n\t\t<p>Once you are done, open your new WordPress folder with the older version and make a zip out of its content, apart from the <strong>wp-content<\/strong> folder.<\/p>\r\n\t\t\r\n<a class=\"darkbox\" href=\"\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/WordPress.-How-to-downgrade-the-engine_3.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/WordPress.-How-to-downgrade-the-engine_3-300x169.jpg\" alt=\"WordPress. How to downgrade the engine_3\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-74107\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.templatemonster.com\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/WordPress.-How-to-downgrade-the-engine_3-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.templatemonster.com\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/WordPress.-How-to-downgrade-the-engine_3-150x84.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.templatemonster.com\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/WordPress.-How-to-downgrade-the-engine_3.jpg 1000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>\t\t<\/li>\r\n\t<li>\r\n\t\t<p>Upload the zip file to your root folder and extract the files.<\/p>\r\n\t\t\r\n\t<\/li>\r\n\r\n\t<li>\r\n\t\t<p>On the next step you need to login to your <a href=\"https:\/\/www.templatemonster.com\/wordpress-themes.php\">WordPress theme<\/a> dashboard and update your database there.<\/p>\r\n\t\t\r\n<a class=\"darkbox\" href=\"\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/WordPress.-How-to-downgrade-the-engine_4.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/WordPress.-How-to-downgrade-the-engine_4-300x169.jpg\" alt=\"WordPress. How to downgrade the engine_4\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-74108\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.templatemonster.com\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/WordPress.-How-to-downgrade-the-engine_4-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.templatemonster.com\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/WordPress.-How-to-downgrade-the-engine_4-150x84.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.templatemonster.com\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/WordPress.-How-to-downgrade-the-engine_4.jpg 1000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>\r\n\t<\/li>\r\n\t<li>\r\n\t\t<p>Congratulations! You have successfully downgraded the WordPress engine. Now you can activate your plugins back.<\/p>\r\n\t<\/li>\r\n\t<\/ol>\r\n\r\n\t<p>This is the end of the tutorial. Feel free to check the detailed video tutorial below:<\/p>\r\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=o_-fjFGU9pY?width=1280&amp;height=720\" rel=\"prettyPhoto\">WordPress. 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