How to 🔄 re-install WordPress

How to 🔄 re-install WordPress

Here is how to re-install WordPress in under 5 minutes!

  • From the current WordPress installation delete everything except the wp-content folder and the wp-config.php file.
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  • Go to your website’s root folder and upload the previously downloaded .zip archive
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  • Extract the archive and you will notice the newly created wordpress folder
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  • Enter it and delete the wp-content folder from it
  • After that move all the content from the wordpress folder to the root folder

That’s it, you’ve successfully reinstalled WordPress and can now login to your wp-admina area.

Since we haven’t deleted the database nor the wp-content, the website will be the same as before.

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