How Do I Update To Latest Version Of WP?

Down at the bottom of my dashboard in WP it says "2.1.3" under "Documentation." I'm guessing that is the version I currently have.

My question is how do I upgrade to 2.3.3? I see the link for it in Dashboard and I can download the folder just fine. But what do I do with its contents? Which parts of the folder do I upload? I want to be careful that I don't overwrite anything.

I would appreciate some help with this.

 

It is very simple to upgrade a version simply follow the steps on the official wordpress website.

http://codex.wordpress.org/Upgrading_WordPress

Make sure you backup properly and if you have any more questions don't be afraid to ask

 

You won't overwrite anything that's not supposed to be overwritten.

 

Okay, thanks. It still doesn't tell you which files are the only ones you need to upgrade. I'm still scared I'm going to accidentally overwrite something. It looks like I can upload all the contents in the wp-admin folder. It looks like I can skip the content folder. Add everything from the wp-includes folder. And then all the other files can go into index I guess.

 

You can completely backup your files and try, if anything gets deleted accidently then restore the backup.

 

I believe there is a plugin to do the updating, can you guys please recommend one that is newbie-proof?

 

Use this plugin for wordpress automatic upgrade
Highly recommended..

 

I would still recommend you learn to do it yourself, as theres always a chance the plugin could mess something up. At the very least, always backup before updating.

 

backup all files (twice if you want extra security (yes that includes the database))

then ftp all new files (overwriting old ones)) to your site

 

... and then run the upgrade script.

 

Thanks for everyone's help so far.

Right now I'm still just learning how to BACKUP my database. I followed the instructions in the first link of the thread. I was able to download it to my computer. But now it's in a text file. It says it's a SQL file when I hover over it. I try to open it with Microsoft Access, but it won't. It says it's not a Win32 or something like that. Can someone help? Because right now it's just a bunch of text in a text file. I did exactly as that WP instruction said to do. It was the last option down at the bottom in the Backup instructions link up above.

 

click upgrade now link from your fantastico. its easy.

 

Do you have a link for that please?

Also, if someone could please tell me how I open up a sql document with MS Access I'd appreciate it. As I said in previous post the database downloaded as a text file. But it does say "Type SQL File" when I hover over it.

 

I've heard good things about the WordPress Auto Upgrade plugin.

 

Thanks bdude. I will install that.

Okay, everyone. So I was able to fix the problem. The problem simply lie in the fact that I did not install EVERYTHING. I panicked after I had problems when installing the wp-admin folder.

Now my problem is that everything is fine but the blogrolls. The links aren't showing up on the site. But if I go into the Blogroll area the links are there, and in there proper categories. Do you know what could be wrong here?

 

Your theme may not have the tag in it. Try putting

<?php wp_list_bookmarks(); ?>

Code (markup):

in your sidebar or footer.

 

WHY?????
Why do you want to upgrade? Is it some special ultra-fantastic feature that the newer version gives you?

If all your plugins work, you are getting traffic and it works why bother?

Leave it alone and keep blogging....

 

Usually upgrade due to security issues with a release.

 

The code was actually:

<?php wp_list_bookmarks('categorize=0&category_name=Movie Sites&title_li=0'); ?>

Code (markup):

The code seems to vary for so many on this. Not sure why...

So all is fixed now!!! This was certainly a learning experience. I understand WP a lot more now.

 

Glad to hear it is working.