You can backup and update your WordPress blog very easily. On your administrator dashboard, when you get notifications of a new version of WordPress saying what the new version is, just click on that link to get started. Then you will have the option to backup your blog posts, that is up to you. I backup my blog posts in notepad anyway, and backing up is a good idea in case something ever goes wrong with your blog host.

Then you will see two options, download the update or automatically update, and I suggest the automatic update. Once you click the automatic update, just sit back and let WordPress do the rest. In a couple minutes you’ll have your updated version of WordPress.

Next, you might see a red square with a number next to your plugins on the left column of the WordPress dashboard. Click on those to activate them again, but there is really no reason to activate the “Hello Dolly” plugin, unless you want lines from Hello Dolly to show up on your blog.

Have a look at these other blog related posts that give tips and advice on writing blog posts, filtering spam, writing to increase traffic, ways to come up with post ideas and more.

Learn more about WordPress Advantages Over Blogger and a Blogger to WordPress Blog Conversion that I did for Masterson Construction.