WordPress 2.5 Upgrade

April 5, 2008

WordPress Well I just upgrade my WordPress install to version 2.5.  Everything seems to be working as intended, so I’m not too worried about it.  After several upgrades, I’ve figured out the best method for me.

  1. Back up the database, and the WP-specific folders
  2. Inventory my plugins and verify that they are compatible with the new version
  3. Disable all those plugins prior to the upgrade
  4. Make sure that the theme is compatible with the new version
  5. Upgrade WordPress
  6. Enable the plugins one at a time, checking their main function to verify that there aren’t any issues
  7. Finally, test the site in all major browsers, which for me means FireFox, Internet Explorer, Safari, and Opera

It’s gone quite well and I think I’ll test one more thing by publishing this post.  That tests the compatibility with Windows Live Writer, my main (and favorite) blogging editor.

Have you upgraded WordPress yet?  If so, any issues? Good luck if you’re just getting around to it! :)

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  • i am having problems with the automatic upgrade for version 2.8 anybody else having the same issue? seems to work from c-panel.
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  • Cool tool thanks for posting this up
  • Bloody fantastic site i have added it to my favourites.

    your links have some exceptional finds to thank you
  • Yeah wordpress stopped working on mine...Dude, seems like the Blackberry definately has some bugs to work out, but windows mobile is realible...we'll see how they work it out, by the way i ran
    accross this site the other day and the idea behind it was quite interesting. This website offers a service where you can have 2 phones lines and 2 voicemail feed into one phone.
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    We'll see if Blackberry listens to thier clients' complaints...

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  • I love te colours and lay out of your blog, i really want to get hold of this theme, what are you using?
  • Rick, you are very right. I think official documentation is the best place to learn.
  • Excellent tip there, there’s nothing better than scheduling posts in advance, especailly with news. It’s worth spending a good few hours to write some posts at the start of the month and spread them out throughout the month.
  • @SEO Content Writer
    That I can believe. There's just enough things they've changed that make it a new user experience.
  • Believe it or not, I just upgraded my father-in-law from 2.1 earlier today! The upgrade was seamless but teaching an 84 year old blogger the new version wasn't.
  • Thank you for posting that information!!!
  • @write The best place to read up on WordPress upgrades is... www.wordpress.org :)

    Along with the documentation on WordPress, you'll find the latest version. Good luck!
  • @write, what you want to ask exactly and what site you are looking for? Do you want to know that how to upgrade a wordpress?
  • Is there any website that can give us a lots of information like what was stated here? Thanks for the Idea...
  • Hi Roger,
    Glad you enjoy WordPress! I'd agree, it's pretty darn easy to keep up to date and tweak to a person's liking. Good luck in your online blogging adventures!
  • Just a few hours ago, I upgraded all my blogs form 2.7 to 2.7.1. 2.7.1 is the latest version till a few hours ago. I had to upgrade all my previous blogs from 2.5 to 2.7 via ftp but I was more than happy to see the link to upgrade it automatically. I think wordpress is the most user friendly CMS i have ever used till the date.

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  • I didn't go through he transition and upgraded from very obsolete version. I am more than surprised and happy to see powers and design of new wordpress 2.7 so I missed 2.5.
  • I have also install the word press version 2.5 i liked it at first i had some problems and after some time i solved that and get use to the new versions and yes you have figured out the best method for us to.
  • Interesting John, I remember reading about that automatic upgrade plugin, but never got around to trying it. Strange that the admin interface had issues uploading pictures - that's something I hadn't tried yet, but will.
  • I used the WordPress Automatic Upgrade plugin to upgrade to 2.5. I didn't have any issues and the only plugin that did not work after the upgrade was WordPress Automatic Upgrade. There was a new version of the plugin, so it is working now.
    I had trouble getting images into 2.5. I kept getting an error that the specified file could not be added. I was using WordPress to create the blog post. I fired up Scribefire and was able to add images with no problems. I have not taken the time to research why it is not working. I will do that sometime in the near future.
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