Comments on: Upgrading to WordPress 2.9

By: Ryan Markel

Ryan Markel — Thu, 22 Apr 2010 04:11:31 +0000

If your blog is on WordPress.com, we’ve already done the updates to WordPress for you.

By: Ashley

Ashley — Wed, 21 Apr 2010 01:19:18 +0000

Can I only update if my blog doesn’t end with wordpress.com?

By: zataobam

zataobam — Tue, 02 Mar 2010 15:10:38 +0000

Thanks for the helpful info. Make sure you back things up. We learned the hard way.

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By: Keith Davis

Keith Davis — Tue, 23 Feb 2010 19:29:25 +0000

Hi Adria
Just come back to have another look.
A question… where did you save your backup to?
Hosting accound, your hard drive?

By: Adria Richards, ButYoureAGirl.com

Adria Richards, ButYoureAGirl.com — Mon, 22 Feb 2010 23:38:27 +0000

Don,

Thanks. Yes, hopefully all hosting companies serve MySQL 5 out of the box but there are many still running 4.x. Also, there are a ton of blogs out there on really old versions like 2.3 or worse yet, they were installed on a Windows server using Wamp that no one has updated in ages.

All those things can create problems when doing an automatic upgrade but none should prevent the ever so important step of backups! *smile*

By: Don Campbell

Don Campbell — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 22:52:16 +0000

Nice video Adria.
I ran into some problems upgrading to WordPress 2.9 on my hosting provider 1&1 because a newer version of MySQL database was required. I got an error message saying:

“ERROR: WordPress 2.9 requires MySQL 4.1.2 or higher”

In case anyone else has this problem, here is what I did to fix it and get everything working again:

http://www.expand2web.com/blog/wordpress-2-9-upgrade-mysql/

I like the new features in WordPress 2.9!
-Don

By: Keith Davis

Keith Davis — Mon, 01 Feb 2010 19:39:21 +0000

Hi Adria
Super vid.
Thanks for not skipping the backup part of the upgrade.

Good to see that you use Cpanel to backup.
I have been using Cpanel to upgrade but it is always way behind with the latest version.

Perhaps I’ll start using the WordPress auto upgrade.

By: Ryan Markel

Ryan Markel — Mon, 01 Feb 2010 19:26:52 +0000

For help with getting rolling with self-hosted WordPress, please visit the WordPress.org support forums at http://wordpress.org/support/.

By: Ryan Markel

Ryan Markel — Mon, 01 Feb 2010 19:21:47 +0000

For assistance with upgrading self-hosted installations of WordPress, please visit the WordPress.org Support forums at http://wordpress.org/support/.

By: Debra Davis Hinkle

Debra Davis Hinkle — Mon, 01 Feb 2010 03:20:19 +0000

I can’t update my site from the backdoor and I’ve already loaded the latest WordPress on my site via FileZilla. Why can’t I find a widget to upload. When I try to upgrade from the standard line at the top, it wants me to download the upgrade and unzip, etc. I’ve already done all that.

Help, please.

Debra

By: Bruce

Bruce — Fri, 29 Jan 2010 23:00:13 +0000

I am a newbie to wordpress, that said the support for WordPress is excellent. This presentation is very well done and easy to understand.

By: Riena

Riena — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 22:56:22 +0000

Hello, for your info I really love the wordpress!!

Now, I need to upgrade my blog from old version 2.6.5. to 2.9.1. but I didn’t found the backup plugin and don’t have a Cpanel account! so what should I do? is it working with any upload for upgrading?

Please, I just feel unhappy with my old version blog now.