Question

I was using version 3.4.2 with CKEditor 3.6.3 and everything was working fine, but WP was automatically updated to version 3.4.5 and now CKEditor doesn’t work and with the default editor new posts are not formatted as expected.

Does anybody know a safe method to downgrade the version to 3.4.2 again.

Any help will be appreciated.

Answer 1

There are several ways to do it, but this one will downgrade all wp files including those in the root directory. At some point WP can modify those files so it is safest to include them.

This procedure will work only when the core WP files have not been modified (By you), there shouldn’t though.

1. Make a backup of your site, just in case.
2. Save all files in the root directory that don’t belong to WP (Icons, error pages, etc.).
3. Save the file wp-config.php in the root directory.
4. Save the complete themes/directory
5. Save the complete plugins/ directory
6. Download the 3.4.2 version in case you don’t have it.
7. Unzip it in the WP directory making sure the existent files are replaced.
8. Restore all saved files to the original directories and the themes/ and plugins/ directories.

The first time WP will ask for authorization to update the database. Select YES.

Everything should be the same except the version. Files in /wp-content/uploads/ will be the same.

I am not sure WP has automatic updates, I don’t think so, but in case there are, disable them.