Wordpress is always out of date!!!
I run several Wordpress blogs and most of them never run the current version because I don’t have time to walk through all the upgrade process, time and time again (plus I always have to look up how I do it again as I don’t want to screw it up!)!
That was until yesterday when I found Wordpress Automatic Upgrader, here’s how simple it is:
- Download and unzip the Wordpress Automatic Upgrade zip file to your plugins directory.
- Activate Plugin.
- Go to the page specified in the plugin.
- Insert FTP details.
- Download the backup of the file system.
- Specify extra database tables to backup (I backed everything up).
- Download the backup of the database.
- Tell the plugin to use the latest release.
- Let the plugin put the site into maintenance mode.
- Let the plugin deactivate all of your plugins.
- Let the plugin upgrade your files.
- Click to upgrade your database.
- Let the plugin reactivate your plugins.
- Let the plugin take your site out of maintenance mode.
- Wait for the next Wordpress release to play with it again!
It does have an automatic mode (which I haven’t tried), but the above is the manual process and seems to work!
Interestingly it didn’t go quite so smoothly going from a Wordpress 2.3.1 blog to 2.5.1 and my plugins weren’t reactivated properly.
Definitely a worthwhile tool and will make my life so much easier!
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I have spent soo many hours this year upgrading my wordpress blogs. If there is anyone sick of the process its me. And I have been using this plugin for the most part. Its just the fact that there were like 4 upgrades since jan.
And i am also in the group who are tied to specific plugins. some of the core functionality of my sites is tied to specific plugins. By the way, I still have a major incompatibility with one plugin which is becoming a nightmare.
And last but not least, I have had two of my out of date installations hacked since Jan. So, its a pain in the butt, but it must be done. humbug
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