Installing legacy versions of WordPress in Plesk 12

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In this screencast I will show you how to install an older version of WordPress in Plesk 12. This is useful if you’d like to test drive the WordPress Toolkit on a spare server before going live with its many new features. You can’t use the APS installer for this as it will always install the latest version of WordPress.

I will explain where to download an older version of WordPress from and how to install it manually by creating a database first and then running the WordPress installer manually. In total I’m installing three WordPress instances in preparation for the WordPress Toolkit (I’ve explained how to use it in the previous video – you can check it out here:

 

You can find all previous releases of WordPress in the Release Archive:

 



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