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  • April 24, 2018 at 1:10 pm #219233
    heathermerie
    Member

    If we were to reinstall WordPress, would all of our website data be stored in our Genesis theme or our Agency Pro child theme, or would we have to recreate our website from scratch?

    April 24, 2018 at 1:22 pm #219234
    Brad Dalton
    Participant

    Neither. It's stored in your WordPress database.

    Your child theme should store your theme modifications.

    Make sure you backup your files and database before reinstalling.

    Why do you need to do this?

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    April 24, 2018 at 1:30 pm #219235
    heathermerie
    Member

    Thank you for your response.

    We think it may be necessary given that an important file in the "wp-includes" file was deleted by accident while cleaning up our site after it was hacked.

    If you have any suggestions or alternatives, please let me know.

    April 24, 2018 at 1:49 pm #219236
    Brad Dalton
    Participant

    You can go to Dashboard > Updates and click the Re-install Now button.

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    April 24, 2018 at 1:56 pm #219237
    heathermerie
    Member

    To clarify, would we need to download our "wp-content" folder first to preserve all the content on our website?

    Secondly, is there a way to just delete and upload the "wp-includes" folder?

    April 24, 2018 at 2:00 pm #219238
    Brad Dalton
    Participant

    No need. Simply click the button.

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    April 24, 2018 at 2:29 pm #219239
    Funky Grafix
    Participant

    That's quite correct, but if you haven't done so already, you ought to take a back-up first of your files and database

    FG
    Funky Grafix

    April 25, 2018 at 9:04 am #219274
    heathermerie
    Member
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    April 25, 2018 at 10:14 am #219278
    Victor Font
    Moderator

    All WordPress content is stored in the database. Reinstalling WordPress will not cause you to lose content.

    Regards,

    Victor
    https://victorfont.com/
    Call us toll free: 844-VIC-FONT (842-3668)
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