Answers.Body: <p>I think you can upgrade - but you want to first back up your database! It might be that you need to upgrade in a few steps (backing up between each one) - you can get older CiviCRM releases from sourceforge so you could upgrade to 5.10.0 or something &amp; then on to the next hop</p>
  <p>We do actually test that upgrades work from 4.7 in our unit tests but real world sites can throw up gotchas</p>
  
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Answers.Body: <p>Since you are on WP 5.7, its mandatory to upgrade CiviCRM to 5.28 or more. Also there is a latest Civi security release i.e 5.35.1, so its worth upgrading Civi to 5.35.1.</p>
  
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Answers.Body: <p>I think you're asking whether to try upgrading or just start with a fresh install. It is definitely possible to upgrade from 4.7.31. You'll want to update php too since you're probably still using php 5 and that won't work with the latest civi.</p>
  
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Body: <p>We are using Wordpress 5.7.  Our current CiviCRM version is 4.7.31.  As of August 2020, CiviCRM event registration stopped working due to the Wordpress update.  Now, we can not seem to process memberships through CiviCRM either.  As of now, I am sending people directly to PayPal, but for membership registration should upgrade, update, or replace our current CiviCRM version as it no longer working compatibly with our Wordpress site</p>
  
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Tags: <wordpress><civicrm.settings.php><version>
Title: Upgrade or Replace CiviCRM 4.7.31
ThreadText: # Upgrade or Replace CiviCRM 4.7.31
  
  (Asked by: username_0 on 2021-03-22)
  
  We are using Wordpress 5.7. Our current CiviCRM version is 4.7.31. As of August 2020, CiviCRM event registration stopped working due to the Wordpress update. Now, we can not seem to process memberships through CiviCRM either. As of now, I am sending people directly to PayPal, but for membership registration should upgrade, update, or replace our current CiviCRM version as it no longer working compatibly with our Wordpress site
  
  **Tags:** wordpress, civicrm.settings.php, version
  
  > **Comments:**
  > **username_1**: there isn't actually a question here that can be answered.  
  > **username_2**: I’m voting to close this question because it is obsolete.  
  
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  ### Answer by username_3 on 2021-03-30. Score: 1
  
  I think you can upgrade - but you want to first back up your database! It might be that you need to upgrade in a few steps (backing up between each one) - you can get older CiviCRM releases from sourceforge so you could upgrade to 5.10.0 or something & then on to the next hop
  
  We do actually test that upgrades work from 4.7 in our unit tests but real world sites can throw up gotchas
  
  
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  ### Answer by username_4 on 2021-03-23. Score: 0
  
  Since you are on WP 5.7, its mandatory to upgrade CiviCRM to 5.28 or more. Also there is a latest Civi security release i.e 5.35.1, so its worth upgrading Civi to 5.35.1.
  
  
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  ### Answer by username_5 on 2021-03-22. Score: 0
  
  I think you're asking whether to try upgrading or just start with a fresh install. It is definitely possible to upgrade from 4.7.31. You'll want to update php too since you're probably still using php 5 and that won't work with the latest civi.
  
  
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