The instructions seem very plain and simple. Step 1 - "Delete your old WP files, saving ones you've modified" When I first read this, I thought I'd delete everything as there really isn't anything that I have modified. Fortunately I went for coffee because when I came back, I realized one of the files that I would need to backup is wp.config.php Is there anything else that I should save before I delete all the old files? What about just uploading everything via ftp and doing an overwrite wherever requested?
Usually the files that might have been modified are your theme. You should backup your Themes and Plugins folder (wp-content/themes & wp-content/plugins) or don't upload those folders. If you overwrite them all the themes and plugins you had will be gone.
I guess I will wait for a while to see if everything is alright with 2.51 first. It seemed we just upgraded to 2.5
Have you tried using the Automatic Upgrade plugin? I just used it, and it worked great. Yeah, WordPress is constantly updated. Guess it's not really a bad thing, but it gets annoying upgrading all the time.
i upgraded just fine to 2.5.1 via the automatic upgrade plugin. deleting wp-config aint the end of the world, only contains database connection info which can be re-written
I used these instructions ( http://codex.wordpress.org/Upgrading_WordPress ). Bit more detail, worked really well and didn't take very long. I'll have to try the automatic plugin next time.
Its the same for overwriting and through ftp... The install is easy and shouldn't be a problem for you at all. Plus we are always here if in case anything goes wrong (though cant think of anything that might go wrong lol).