I’d heard from people that the WordPress upgrade process was ‘a pain’, so I resisted doing it for as long as I could, even though I knew I was leaving this site vulnerable to whatever exploits had already been identified. Last week I knew I had to bite the bullet and upgrade, so I set aside plenty of time and began the long arduous process, which I’ll outline for you here.
- Put the kettle on
- Install the WordPress Automatic Upgrade Plugin
- Follow the instructions
- The kettle should be whistling now, so make a cup of tea and relax, you’re all done.
Yes, it really was that simple. In the space of 20 minutes I upgraded 4 blogs, each of which had started with a different version of WordPress, and each of which upgraded with no problems. So if you’re looking to upgrade your WordPress installation to the latest version (currently 2.5.1), make sure to do it with this plugin (which is actually recommended by WordPress as the way to go).
May 8th, 2008 - 9:16 pm
Great post! Love the information
May 9th, 2008 - 6:20 pm
Thanks for the tip. I’m still avoiding the upgrade, but I’m hoping to get to it this weekend.
May 22nd, 2008 - 2:46 am
Upgrading wordpress blog’s is a painstaking process. I’ve never heard of this plugin but come to think of it, I have nothing to lose trying it out. I’m growing really tired of upgrading my blogs the minute a new version of WP comes.
June 25th, 2008 - 5:36 pm
I installed this Plugin last week, upgrade was smooth, without any problem. This Plugin is a must have for WP-Bloggers.
All my best
Johannes
July 1st, 2008 - 9:03 pm
It was a struggle but got it - wish I had read this post first.