Comments on: Upgrading Wordpress to 2.2.1

By: Bloggeries

Bloggeries — Tue, 17 Jul 2007 13:16:09 +0000

Before upgrading also read this post

http://forums.digitalpoint.com/showthread.php?t=388541

There are vulnerabilities

By: JoLynn Braley

JoLynn Braley — Thu, 28 Jun 2007 00:13:58 +0000

Michael, thanks for the breakdown. My host makes it easy to upgrade, but I hadn’t done so yet after reading that my plugins could be incompatible. I need to get this upgrade done now.

By: Michael Wales

Michael Wales — Wed, 27 Jun 2007 00:15:47 +0000

Adam,

No – you don’t need to worry about backing up your data. It’s never a bad idea but the chances of your data being corrupted is either impossible (if the update includes no database updates) or minimal (if it does).

Your previous comment referred to an upgrade fee – I assume you are asking a fee to have me upgrade your blog for you.

I work as a freelance programmer/designer at $65/hr. – upgrading a blog, writing a plugin, or designing a logo – it’s all at this rate. I couldn’t see an upgrade taking longer than one hour even if every plugin exploded in my face.

If you, or anyone is interested in an upgrade (or any other programming/design work), feel free to contact me via email (webmaster [at] michaelwales *DOT* com) and we can work out a schedule.

By: Adam Donkus

Adam Donkus — Tue, 26 Jun 2007 19:58:22 +0000

Oops sorry Michael, I thought David had written it.

Michael, do you have to worry about backing up your data base before doing the upgrade?

By: Adam Donkus

Adam Donkus — Tue, 26 Jun 2007 19:55:54 +0000

Sweet info David, I have been wanting to do it for some time, but time and courage are lacking…What’s your upgrade fee?

By: David Culpepper

David Culpepper — Tue, 26 Jun 2007 18:34:24 +0000

I guess I need to follow Michael’s advice and upgrade here…

By: Matt Dabbs

Matt Dabbs — Mon, 25 Jun 2007 02:44:53 +0000

Great tip. Thanks.

By: webd360

webd360 — Mon, 25 Jun 2007 01:36:53 +0000

I updated Wordpress for the first time (I am a new blogger) the day this upgrade was released and everything went pretty smoothly. Personally I think the upgrade process is pretty easy compared to upgrades for other php based software. I guess people just get frustrated when things don’t work because installing plugins and modifications is such an easy task with Wordpress that we kind of take it for granted.

By: TheOzz

TheOzz — Mon, 25 Jun 2007 00:41:56 +0000

Michael,

I have been using ecto to do my posting so I don’t see the dashboard nearly as often. Thanks for the tip on the upgrade.

I agree that an active plug in can be a big problem. Another BIG problem is when folks upgrade when using the default Kubrick theme and forget to do a backup. Yes, I learned the hard way.

By: Sara

Sara — Mon, 25 Jun 2007 00:09:36 +0000

Michael,

Thanks for the simple step-by-step. I’ve been meaning to do this, but didn’t want to wade through the process. Now I have no excuses.

Thanks,
Sara