This database update required WordPress error message indicates that your WordPress website needs a database update. Your database is where all of your website's content is stored, including posts, pages, and user information. If you get an error like this, it's recommended that you don't click the "Update WordPress Database" button, because this can cause your database to be corrupted. This time we will discuss how to solve the update required database error on WordPress more safely, here are the steps:
1. Login to Cpanel Hosting
First login to your hosting Cpanel.
2. On the Cpanel Menu, Go to File Manager
Next to the File Manager menu, File Manager is a feature in cPanel that allows you to manage files on your hosting.
3. Check the version.php file in the wp_includes folder.
After opening the file manager you can go to the version.php file in the wp-includes folder.
You can check the $wp_db_version script in version.php, you can make sure the value of this script matches the database in the next step.
4. Customize the database with the script
After you enter the PhpMyAdmin menu on the cpanel, you can enter the database used for your wordpress and can enter the wp-option table.
Search for the db_version database by clicking search and entering option_name with the database you are looking for.
You can be sure that the value in db_version is the same as the script in the previous $wp_db_version script.
Can you make sure the value in version.php $wp_db_version and db_version are the same.
If they are not the same, look at both values in either version.php or db_version and try adding the version.php $wp_db_version value to the database db_version value or try the reverse.