WordPress 2.7.1 released – try the auto upgrade
Yesterday afternoon WordPress released the first upgrade to the 2.7 series – 2.7.1. This is the first time you can use the new auto upgrade. I created a short video to show you how to do that and the backups BEFORE you click the upgrade button.
This upgrade fixes 68 tickets per the latest update on the WordPress blog. I have upgraded with no problems on this on my blogs.
Hope this helps you to stay on top of the new upgrade.
As always your questions and comments are welcomed.
Mike Paetzold
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12 comments
Lonnie Minton on February 11, 2009 at 11:28 am
Mike.
Thanks for the video. I was just about to upgrade to 2.7.
Do I need to do that before I try the automatic upgrade to 2.7.1 or can I just go to 2.7.1?
My thinking is that I need to upgrade to 2.7 first?
Lonnie
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Mike Reply:
February 11th, 2009 at 11:40 am
If you have not already upgraded to 2.7 you can upgrade directly to 2.7.1 – Do make sure that you have checked the earlier posts on doing that. It will not be automated and will be done the way it was before.
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Earl Netwal
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on February 11, 2009 at 12:13 pm
Thanks for the heads up, Mike.
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Luca
Twitter: rsonline
on February 11, 2009 at 12:20 pm
Hello Mike,
Thanks for the video. I’ll do a back up of the files you suggested before upgrading.
My host does not have Cpanel so I’ll have to dig to see how to back up my database.
I really should switch to Hostgator
Thanks again
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Mike Reply:
February 11th, 2009 at 12:23 pm
Your host should have some type of access to php myadmn and that is what you need to export the database.
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Fred Lotgering
Twitter: lotcon
on February 11, 2009 at 12:50 pm
Mike, I had problems before with setting up the auto upgrade, so same problem occured. I have to upgrade manually. I hope this is one of the 68 fixes and auto update will woek next time.
Great video Mike!
Fred
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Mike Reply:
February 11th, 2009 at 12:56 pm
Are you also having problems with the auto upgrade for plugins?
Seems on the 2.7 if you made a mistake on the ftp it would not allow you to fix it and was supposed to be one of the fixes but I have not checked the full list to see if it was.
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Fred Lotgering
Twitter: lotcon
on February 11, 2009 at 1:19 pm
Hi Mike,
Did the manual upgrade. Did see an ypgarde for communtluv. Clicked autoupgrade and it worked fine. So the ftp problem in 2.7.0 was fixed in 2.7.1 Great!
Fred
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R.Brian Burkhardt
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on February 11, 2009 at 2:03 pm
Thanks for the Video, Mike,I upgraded at 2 of my blogs fine but on one blog it appears I will have to upgrade manually. I have had trouble updating plug ins there.
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Paul Livingston on February 13, 2009 at 11:52 pm
Thanks Mike. But how do non-cpanel users do it? I’m ftp only.
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Mike Reply:
February 14th, 2009 at 12:59 am
You can only access phpmyadmin from your web hosting panel whether or not it is cpanel, flesk or any of the others to download the data base.
FTP only gives you access to the files on the server.
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Cindy Dages on February 17, 2009 at 3:10 pm
Hi Mike
I learned a couple things watching your vid, thanks. I also had problems with the auto update in 2.7.0, in regards to the FTP info it was looking for. It accepted the info the first time, then next time it wouldn’t. I couldn’t delete plugins, or do the auto updates on anything. I went pawing around the forums on WP and someone suggested using the actual IP address instead of localhost or what ever it was looking for there.
That did the trick for me on all my blogs, I updated to 2.7.1, deleted and updated plugins with no sweat. Have not tried any updating since 2.7.1 But with the IP working it may be hard to tell if that bug was fixed.
Thanks again
CindyD
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