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
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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.
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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][].