Upgrading a hosted Wordpress site can seem daunting but watch this video tutorial on how to upgrade your site with a plugin that works wonders. Also, consider supporting the developer as I have as this is a wonderful plugin.
As improvements are made to the Wordpress blog platform, the need to update it and gain enhancements will be necessary. Some upgrades are similar to applying a service pack to XP or Vista and they are typically known as Service Pack 1 or SP1. For Mac users, this is similar to applying a patch from 10.5.4 to 10.5.6. Upgrades are different and typically have more serious impacts. For instance, upgrading from Windows XP to Vista or Mac OS X Tiger to Leopard can cause applications to stop functioning or hardware such as printers and scanners to become incompatible. Greater care and testing should be taken when upgrading these operating systems and the same precautions and testing steps should be taken when upgrading Wordpress.
Testing
This demo is focuses on patches but the same process can be applied to an upgrade. Regardless of which scenario is performed, testing is essential. Just because Wordpress is upgraded does not mean that every plugin is compatible with the latest release. This is the same when Microsoft (Windows), Apple (Mac), or RedHat (Linux) upgrades their operating system. Have you ever applied a patch or upgrade and a feature in an application such as Microsoft Word or Apple’s Pages no longer works properly? Ensure you test all plugins and features of your site after upgrading Wordpress.
Plugin
There are several plugins available that help automate the upgrade process by backing up the necessary files should a problem occur or the process needs to be reverted. This demo explains using the plugin Automatic Wordpress Upgrade by Authors: keithdsouza and ronalfy to perform an upgrade.
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