WP upgrade from 2.5 to 2.8.1

Discussion in 'WordPress' started by submissionbay.com, Jul 18, 2009.

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  1. #1
    Hi,

    I want to update WP from version 2.5 to 2.8.1 Big range between these versions... Would this work or I still need to find intermediate version (ie. 2.6/2.7)?

    Thanks
     
    submissionbay.com, Jul 18, 2009 IP
  2. Ikki

    Ikki Peon

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    #2
    There should be no problems. However, I strongly advice you to back up your database before doing this so you can go back in case anything goes horribly wrong.
     
    Ikki, Jul 18, 2009 IP
  3. qazu

    qazu Well-Known Member

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    #3
    Just backup your database and upgrade. No need to find intermediate versions as the whole system is uploaded.
     
    qazu, Jul 18, 2009 IP
  4. sundaybrew

    sundaybrew Numerati

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    Yup. Hit the "auto upgrade" in the control panel of the admin in wordpress and you will be fine!!
     
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  5. Kerosene

    Kerosene Alpha & Omega™ Staff

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    #5
    I don't think there is an "auto upgrade" for versions that far apart.

    If you're NOT running a huge amount of plugins/hacks, then it might be worth starting from scratch.
    Export your database (from WP) and do a clean install of the latest WP version with a fresh database. Then import the old db into the fresh empty db, then upload your old theme.
     
    Kerosene, Jul 19, 2009 IP
  6. aniroy1986

    aniroy1986 Well-Known Member

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    This guy posts so much! I can only hope most of them are not as worthless as this!!
     
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  7. submissionbay.com

    submissionbay.com Member

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    Thanks for all your posts guys, well done!
     
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  8. hockeychick

    hockeychick Peon

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    #8
    upgrade , dude
    no hesitation , just do it , no need to find any intermediate
     
    hockeychick, Jul 19, 2009 IP
  9. hockeychick

    hockeychick Peon

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    sorry , expert , but i do think do it manually will be better cauz the upgrade process will always cause u a little bugs
     
    hockeychick, Jul 19, 2009 IP
  10. ads2help

    ads2help Peon

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    Upload the 2.8.1 files manually. You can follow the steps given by wordpress. Make sure you deactivate the plugins before doing so.
     
    ads2help, Jul 20, 2009 IP
  11. Jalpari

    Jalpari Notable Member

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    #11
    I do not know why but one night i upgrade my 5 blogs, that time all blogs were working functional but next day i dwongrade all 5 blogs so it will be good if u iwll take backup of blog and use wp 2.7 what i am using.
     
    Jalpari, Jul 20, 2009 IP
  12. theredsheep

    theredsheep Active Member

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    #12
    I tend to keep my sites updated as the versions come out so I've never tried the auto upgrade from 2.5 to 2.8, but make sure you have backups of both your db and your files, then just try the automatic upgrade first, if it bombs out then you can always restore the backup and do it by hand.

    One thing I suggest doing is making a copy of the site to something like http:// test.example.com (if your site were http:// example.com). Then you can muck around with that, work out the kinks and then when you're ready and comfortable you can do the same to the real site and you should minimize any downtime in case things go wrong.

    Here's some help with that (YMMV).
    -- Actually I can't post links yet. But doing this search gave me a lot of good results:

    Search for:

    setup development environment WordPress
     
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  13. templates

    templates Notable Member

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    i have not done it yet...going to try manually upgrade and cross fingers i dont screw my site up..
     
    templates, Jul 20, 2009 IP