How to check your WordPress version

Overview

Steps for checking your WordPress version.

Steps

Method 1 – Check “At a Glance”

1. Login to your WordPress website
2. Click Dashboard
3. Check At a Glance

Method 2 – Check W logo

1. Login to your WordPress website
2. Click the W logo in the top left-hand corner
3. Click About WordPress

Method 3 – Check your website source code

1. Open your website
2. Right-click and select View page source
3. Hold CTRL+F
4. Type generator
5. Check your generator tag, which will be similar to <meta name="generator" content="WordPress 5.5.1" />

Method 3 – Check your website login page

1. Go to your website’s login page
2. Right-click and select View page source
3. Hold CTRL+F
4. Type ?ver
5. Check the version parameter in your CSS and JS files, e.g. ?ver=5.5.1

Method 4 – Check your version.php file

This method assumes you have FTP/SFTP access to your website.

1. Access your website via SFTP
2. Navigate to your WordPress installation folder
3. Open version.php
4. Check the value in the $wp_version variable

Method 5 – Using WP CLI

This method assumes you have WP CLI installed.

1. Access your website via SSH
2. Access your WordPress directory
3. Type wp cli info