Blog Software: WordPress 2.5 Five Minute Upgrade

Writing by Brick Marketing on Thursday, 3 of April , 2008 at 7:40 am

WordPress 2.5 has finally been released. As a blog software vehicle the improvements are quite marked and will take a little getting used to. If you need to do the upgrade yourself, don’t stress, it is a breeze taking around five to ten minutes depending on your internet connection speed. My first recommendation is to get a good file transfer program (FTP) - you will need it.

The steps are detailed at WordPress.org and are fairly straightforward.  A quick outline of what you are in for:

1. Download the upgrade and extract it to a folder on your desktop
2. Deactivate all plugins in your WordPress blog
3. Delete the wp-admin and wp-includes folder
4. Upload the replacement wp-admin and wp-includes folders
5. Upload and overwrite the contents of the WP root directory (files only) to the WP root directory on your site.
6. Upload the Default WordPress theme to the Themes folder
7. Load your  site and run the database upgrade that you are presented with
8. Reactivate your plugins - I suggest one by one checking that your blog runs smoothly after each activation
9. Done

It is that easy and so far I have not come across any drama’s. If any of your plugins are out of date you can upgrade them straight from the plugins panel. That makes for a quick, easy and smooth updating of the plugins.

The Dashboard will look a little strange but I am sure you will get used to it. All in all the upgrade process is quick and easy. As for the upgrade itself - I will get back to you on that.

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