Will a Wordpress update affect my download speed?

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Airat Kadyrmaev2015-10-02 14:31:02

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Airat Kadyrmaev, 2015-10-02 14:31:02

Now I have an old version of wordpress, if I update to the latest, how will this affect page loading? Will the speed increase or vice versa will it slow down?

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X-, 2015-10-02
NoNAME @XNoNAME

the main thing is that the necessary plugins would support the new version of WP.
And then you have to manually finish it.
Literally the other day I did the same thing, only in addition I also updated php from 5.2 to 5.5 . There were a
lot of problems, I thought I wouldn’t master it.

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Igor Vorotnev, 2015-10-02
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It depends what version is now, what plugins, what server stack. In general, WordPress will fly faster on a normal server in the absence of crooked plugins and themes. Yes, the WP code itself grows over time, but it also gets optimized.
As for the update in principle - it is necessary to do it. In general, it is best to work on the most recent version. The only exception is the released version. You can wait a week or two before updating, suddenly some kind of bug pops up (often happens). Better yet, have staging or at least a local copy of the site and test it with a new version of WP while it's still in Beta mode (usually at least a month before the release).