Comments on: Upgrading WordPress Is Easier Than You Think

By: Larry

Larry — Sun, 13 Jun 2010 18:21:17 +0000

I have been dreading upgrading a couple of websites with the new version of WP. Your instructions were absolutely the best. Thanks! Why can’t they put such easy instructions on the WP site? Fantastic. Thanks again!

By: zieg

zieg — Fri, 28 Aug 2009 17:45:31 +0000

Can this setting upgrade WordPress from 2.3.1 to 2.8.4? I need to help my mum to do that. Please kindly reply, thanks!

By: Marketing Meerkat

Marketing Meerkat — Wed, 26 Aug 2009 08:37:32 +0000

Thank you so much… That was really helpful!

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By: Cheryl

Cheryl — Mon, 15 Jun 2009 01:52:41 +0000

Hi, thanks for the info, it really is easy to upgrade. I’m hoping that you or someone else knows how to upgrade a wordpress installation created in WP Direct, though. I decided to copy out my files from there and manage them on my own, but now I can’t upgrade them. The error log shows compat.php errors. arrggghhh.

If anyone knows what’s up with WP direct installs, please let me know.

Thanks!
Cheryl

By: Craw

Craw — Wed, 11 Mar 2009 12:21:39 +0000

Hi,

Thanks for the guide. It really helped me when I couldn’t access my admin cpanel (so I couldn’t use the auto-updater). This post saved me

By: Greg Huntoon

Greg Huntoon — Sun, 21 Dec 2008 09:02:41 +0000

Thanks so much for the post. This was as easy as you reported. Sad that I’ve been just delaying and delaying the upgrade, because it was totally painless. I think I feared that my theme would break and that it would require a bunch of work on my part. In fact, it was the exact opposite.

By: Leland

Leland — Tue, 23 Sep 2008 18:34:19 +0000

@Nate: It may or may not be necessary to upgrade the database, if that’s what you’re asking.

@faidon: Are you sure all the files uploaded properly?

By: faidon

faidon — Mon, 22 Sep 2008 17:03:23 +0000

you make it sound so easy….
here is what realiy is:

Warning: require_once(../wp-load.php) [function.require-once]: failed to open stream: No such file or directory in /home/polyant9/public_html/mysite/wpe/wp-admin/admin.php on line 7

Fatal error: require_once() [function.require]: Failed opening required ‘../wp-load.php’ (include_path=’.:/usr/lib/php:/usr/local/lib/php’) in /home/polyant9/public_html/mysite/wpe/wp-admin/admin.php on line 7
any ideas?

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Wordpress 2.6.2 — Tue, 09 Sep 2008 01:14:09 +0000

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