I don’t know about you but when it comes time to upgrade my WordPress blogs I get myself all worked up and stressed out. Time to back up all of my files and my databases up and make sure I follow the upgrade instructions to the letter … or else!
Well, this time I stumbled on to Alex’s blog post, How To Upgrade To WordPress 2.6 In 5 Minutes, and my upgrade was a breeze!
Read his post and follow the links he has to “The Instant Upgrade plugin for WordPress” by Alex Günsche.
The only instructions I would add after giving this a try is to have your FTP login and path information handy before you get started.
And if you’re wondering IF you need to upgrade your WordPress blog please do this right away. I had several of sites hacked at least a half a dozen times this past year and the first thing they pointed to as a security issue each and every time was my WordPress blog.
With that said, go give it a shot and please report back here and let me know how you did with your upgrade. *SmiLes* Suzanne
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Hi … My name is Suzanne Franco (Land) and I’m a wife (newlywed actually) and mother to 5 amazing kids (my 3 and his 2 – ages 9 to 16) and we live in the Texas Hill Country where we try to spend a lot of time in the water (river, boating, wakeboarding, the beach, etc.) and running from one kid’s sporting event to the other (mainly football, cheerleading, and soccer).
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Hey Suzanne, thanks for mentioning the tutorial. And you are right, next time I will add, that you should have your FTP information handy.
Hi Alex ~ You are welcome … thanks for writing a great post for us.
I mention the ftp info because for some of us that can be a challenge. I had a difficult time with my first upgrade (3 done so far) due to the ftp path. I did online chat with Host Gator (the BEST hosting company in the world LOL) and they told me what to enter.
After that it was a breeze … thanks again. *hugs* Suzanne
Good tips Suzanne.
You could also use the Auto-Update widget – it works a treat, and trust me, it saves a lot of time and stress!
Plus it works on all your plug-ins – check it out here:
http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/wordpress-automatic-upgrade/
Hope that helps!
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Haha, oops – I just realized my very basic error there – sorry!
Great tip all the same !
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Good post. good luck.
I like wordpress, thanks for the info about the upgrade.
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