{"id":9464,"date":"2020-05-20T12:10:00","date_gmt":"2020-05-20T12:10:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.milesweb.in\/hosting-faqs\/?p=9464"},"modified":"2026-03-09T18:59:36","modified_gmt":"2026-03-09T13:29:36","slug":"how-to-determine-the-wordpress-version","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.milesweb.in\/hosting-faqs\/how-to-determine-the-wordpress-version\/","title":{"rendered":"How to determine the WordPress Version?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The article contains two methods for determining the current WordPress version.<\/p>\n<h2>Method #1 \u2013<\/h2>\n<h2>Using Administration Interface<\/h2>\n<p>Identifying the WordPress version using the administration interface is the easiest way. You can do so by following the procedure mentioned :<\/p>\n<p>i) At the bottom of every page in the administration interface, you can see the WordPress version. The current version that you are using is shown by WordPress only.<\/p>\n<p>ii) The newer WordPress version is displayed by default, in the <strong>At a Glance<\/strong> box on the main dashboard page, along with the current theme.<\/p>\n<h2>Method #2 \u2013<\/h2>\n<h2>Checking The Version.PHP file<\/h2>\n<p>In case the administration interface is not available or you are not able to log in, still, you can determine the WordPress version by checking the version.php file.<\/p>\n<p>Perform the following steps to do so :<\/p>\n<p>i) In the directory where you have installed WordPress, go to the wp-includes directory.<\/p>\n<p>You can use any of the ways to do it \u2013<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>By<strong> using SSH<\/strong> from the command line.<\/li>\n<li>By <strong>using the file manager<\/strong> from cPanel<\/li>\n<li>By <strong>using FTP client<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>ii) Now in the wp-includes directory, open the version.php file in a text editor or viewer.<\/p>\n<p>iii) Identify the <strong>$wp_version<\/strong> variable. 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