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Upgrading your blog to the lateset version
By Mike | February 6, 2007
The most complete instructions for doing this are available at the Word Press site.
There are 5 basic steps to do an upgrade.
1. Back up your data. This will include the full data base, the .htaccess file and the various parts of your theme that you have modified. For me I download the data base via phpMyAdmin. Grab the wp-conig file, and the whole wp-content folder. It is more than needed but keeps me from missing one file I forgot I changed.
2. Turn off all the plugins. Log in to the dashboard and click deactivate on each and every one. Sometimes older plugins will not work with new versions and if they are off I know whethter the install was good.
3. Upload and overwrite your current version of Word Press with the exception of the wp-content folder and the wp-config file.. If you do then upload the backup you made in step 1.
4. Run the upgrade command. It will be your full blog URL/wp-admin/upgrade.php and follow the dirctions. Even old bald guys have no problem with their directions.
5. Reactivate the plugins one by one to make sure they are still compatible. If a plugin causes a problem them go to the authors site and see if they have an upgrade to work with the new version. Quite a few do now for 2.1 that weren’t compatible the first day or so.
If you have a problem with the installation there is an extended install instruction at the link above for the codex. Hope this answers the question that was asked in the survey for that reader if not leave a comment and I’ll expand the answer. Have a question you would like to see answered here? Leave a comment or scroll down to the Can I ask you a question button a few posts below.
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April 20th, 2007 at 9:57 pm
I have tried this twice, but I break down at step 4.
When I run the upgrade.php, I just get a whitescreen…
April 20th, 2007 at 10:15 pm
drop me an email with the details and I will look at it.
April 10th, 2007 at 1:07 pm
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