How to upgrade WordPress without the pain
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It’s been quite some weeks that I am seeing “A new version of WordPress is available! Please update now.” on my WP admin. The reason is that the first time I saw that link and clicked, the instructions I’ve read on the upgrade process just made me feel #@%$^:s. It seemed like a real pain with all those files to be overwritten, others that you should pay attention not to overwrite, all the manual desactivation and reactivation of plugins, the maintenance time, etc. etc.
Since then, I’ve been ignoring that link I see every time I am up to blogging. It is calling me and screaming at me, but I try not to look it in the eye.
Today, I said to myself : I am sure some guy/gal thought of coming up with a way to automate that. I googled the issue and came across ’s techie-buzz.com. He has a plugin named Wordpress Automatic Upgrade plugin. I didn’t try it yet although it seems to be the best plugin ever, and most people are very happy with it if we believe all the comments. However, a little minority seem to have some issues, so I am not taking the extra step yet, fearing to finish up in the minority group, or even more serious, screw something up in my blog.
Anyone tried the plugin? Anyone has some advice on how to upgrade WP with the least of pain? I am really fed up with that link in the middle of my admin pages.
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January 27th, 2008 at 7:35 am
I have the plugin but not installed. I have always gone the long route and backed everything up and upgraded myself. My understanding is that WP 2.5 will be coming out sooner than thought, so I think I’ll be holding off on an upgrade.
January 30th, 2008 at 4:39 am
I think that’s what I’ll do, too, in order to avoid bearing the pain more than once.