Upgrading Pico is very easy: You just have to replace all of Picos files - that's it! Nevertheless you should *always* create a backup of your Pico installation
before upgrading.
Pico follows [Semantic Versioning 2.0](http://semver.org) and uses version numbers like `MAJOR`.`MINOR`.`PATCH`. When we update...
- the `PATCH` version (e.g. `1.0.0` to `1.0.1`), we made backwards-compatible bug fixes. It's then sufficient to extract [Picos latest release][LatestRelease] to your existing installation directory and overwriting all files.
- the `MINOR` version (e.g. `1.0` to `1.1`), we added functionality in a backwards-compatible manner, but anyway recommend you to "install" Pico newly. Backup all of your files, empty your installation directory and install Pico as elucidated above. You can then copy your `config/config.php` and `content` directory without any change. If applicable, you can also copy the folder of your custom theme within the `themes` directory. Provided that you're using plugins, also copy all of your plugins from the `plugins` directory.
- the `MAJOR` version (e.g. `1.0` to `2.0`), a appropriate upgrade tutorial will be provided.
Upgrading Pico 0.8 or 0.9 to Pico 1.0 is a special case. The new `PicoDeprecated` plugin ensures backwards compatibility, so you basically can follow the above upgrade instructions as if we updated the `MINOR` version. However, we recommend you to take some further steps to confine the neccessity of `PicoDeprecated` as far as possible. For more information about what has changed with Pico 1.0 and a step-by-step upgrade tutorial, please refer to the [upgrade page of our website](http://picocms.org/upgrade.html).
Run
Run
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Getting Help
Getting Help
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You can read the [wiki][Wiki] if you are looking for examples and read the inline-docs for more development information.
You can read the [Wiki][] if you are looking for examples and read the inline-docs for more development information.
If you find a bug please report it on the issues page, but remember to include as much detail as possible, and what someone can do to re-create the issue.
If you find a bug please report it on the issues page, but remember to include as much detail as possible, and what someone can do to re-create the issue.
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Help make PicoCMS better by checking out the GitHub repository and submitting pull requests.
Help make PicoCMS better by checking out the GitHub repository and submitting pull requests.
If you create a plugin please add it to the Wiki.
If you create a plugin please add it to the [Wiki][].