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[Resolved] How to update from WPML 4.3.3 ?

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Problem:
The client needs to update an older version of WPML (Version 4.3.3) to be compatible with PHP 8 while maintaining all content and structure. The WPML plugins are currently deactivated to run the site under PHP 8.
Solution:
We recommend updating WPML gradually, starting from version 4.3.3 to 4.4.4, then to 4.5.5, and so on. You can find all the versions on our changelog page:

Before attempting to update, create a full website backup. Then, you can try updating directly to the latest version of WPML after updating to PHP 8. Ideally, you should have updated WPML before updating PHP, but you can still follow these steps to proceed.

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Last updated by Mihai Apetrei 1 year, 4 months ago.

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January 13, 2024 at 5:07 pm #15181682

paulA-7

Tell us what you are trying to do?

Hi Team, i wonder, how i can update smoothly from an older version of WPML (Version 4.3.3.,)

which is not supported bei PHP 8.

Of course, i would like to keep all the content and structure 🙂

At the moment, i have deactivated the WPML Plug-ins, to run the site under PHP 8.

Is there any documentation that you are following?

no

Is there a similar example that we can see?

-

What is the link to your site?

hidden link

Thanks for a hint,

Regards,

Paul
January 13, 2024 at 10:42 pm #15181781

Mihai Apetrei
WPML Supporter since 03/2018

Languages: English (English )

Timezone: Europe/Bucharest (GMT+03:00)

Hi Paul.

It is usually recommended that you update gradually, from 4.3.3 for example to 4.4.4 then to 4.5.5 and so forth.

You should find all the versions here:
https://wpml.org/download/wpml-multilingual-cms/?section=changelog

What you can also try is to first create a full website backup first and then try to see if there's any issues happening if you upgrade straight to the latest version after you update the PHP version. Ideally would have been to keep the old version until you update to more recent versions of WPML and only then update the PHP version but let see how things go by following the steps I mentioned above.

I hope that you will find this information helpful 🙂

Mihai Apetrei