Time for action – how to upgrade PrestaShop

Keeping PrestaShop up-to-date will keep us secure against all the known threats. So let's do it.

1. Make sure you have a full backup of your store, files, and database in case this goes horribly wrong. And it can.

2. Log in to your PrestaShop control panel. If there is an update available, it will be shown near the top of your admin login page. If not, you could revisit this tutorial when there is one.

   

3. Click on the Download link and save the upgrade. Yours will probably have a different version number from the one in the screenshot.

4. Extract the download and you will be left with a prestashop folder full of subfolders and files.

5. Rename your main prestashop folder and leave it on your website. Call it prestashop_old. We are doing this so that in a few steps time, we would easily be able to copy back some files to the new folder. You can perform this step in your web host's control panel or by opening an FTP window, right-clicking the folder and selecting Rename...