How do I find out what version of WordPress is running

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I have just taken over someone s hosted WordPress site   How do I find out what version he is running

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The easiest way would be to use the readme html file that comes with every WordPress installation  unless you deleted it   http   example com readme html Note  it looks like the readme html file no longer outputs the current WordPress version  So  there is no way  for now  to see the current WordPress version without logging into the dashboard

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Open the blog  Check source once the blog is open  It should have a meta tag like    lt meta name  generator  content  WordPress 2 8 4    gt

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Because I can not comment to  Michelle  s answer  I post my trick here  Instead of checking the version on meta tag that usually is removed by a customized theme  Check the rss feed by append  feed to almost any link from that site  then search for some keywords  wordpress  generator   you will have a better chance   lt lastBuildDate gt Fri  29 May 2015 10 08 40  0000 lt  lastBuildDate gt   lt sy updatePeriod gt hourly lt  sy updatePeriod gt   lt sy updateFrequency gt 1 lt  sy updateFrequency gt   lt generator gt http   wordpress org  v 4 2 2 lt  generator gt

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In dashboard you can see running word press version at  At a Glance

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Look in wp-includes version php         The WordPress version string        global string  wp version      wp version    2 8 4

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From Dashboard At a Glance box or at the bottom right corner of any admin page   If that Glance box is hidden - click on screen options at top-right corner and check At a Glance option

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I know I m super late regarding this topic but there s this easy to use library where you can easily get the version numbers of Worpress  PHP  Apache  and MySQL  all-in-one   It is called the Wordpress Environment  W18T  library   lt  php include once  W18T class php    environment   new W18T    echo  environment    gt    Output         platform              name    WordPress            version    4 9 1              interpreter              name    PHP            version    7 2 0              web server              name    Apache            version    2 4 16              database server              name    MySQL            version    5 7 20              operating system              name    Darwin            version    17 0 0            I hope it helps

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On the Admin panel in the footer you should see the words  Wordpress x x  where x x is your version number     Alternatively you can echo out the WP VERSION constant in your script  it s up to you  The former is a lot quicker and easier

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On the Admin Panel Dashboard  you can find a box called  Right Now   There you can see the version of the WordPress installation  I have seen this result in WordPress 3 2 1  You can also see this in version 3 7 1    UPDATE    In WP Version 3 8 3    In WP Version 3 9 1 Admin Side  You can see the version by clicking the WP logo which is located at the left-top position     You can use yoursitename readme html  In the WordPress Admin Footer at the Right side  you will see the version info Version 3 9 1       You can get the WordPress version using the following code    lt  php bloginfo  version      gt    The below file is having all version details  wp-includes version php      Update for WP 4 1 5  In WP 4 1 5  If it was the latest WP version in the footer right part  it will show the version as it is  If not  it will show the latest WP version with the link to update   Check the below screenshot

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Yet another way to find the WordPress version is using WP-CLI  Command line interface for WordPress   wp core version

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For any wordpress site  you can go to http   example com feed and check the following tag in the xml file to see the version number    lt generator gt http   wordpress org  v 3 7 lt  generator gt    Here  3 7 is the version installed

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Just go to follow link  domain com wp-admin about php

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If you came here to find out about how to check WordPress version programmatically  then you can do it with the following code      Get the WP Version global  global  wp version      Now use  wp version which will return a string value  echo   lt pre gt     var dump   wp version       lt  pre gt       Output  string  4 6 1   length 5    Cheers

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From experience with WordPress 3 8 3    1  Login as admin  2  Click on the W menu in the upper left corner  3  Click on menu item  About WordPress    This will take you to     wp-admin about php  There it will say  Welcome to WordPress 3 8 3

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Every WP install has a readme html file   So just type www yourdomain com readme html

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Unless he edited some code to delete this  you should be able to view source on the site and look for this meta tag    lt meta name  generator  content  WordPress 2 7 1    gt     That will give you the version

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