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1. arunranga
   Member
   Posted 1 year ago #

   I'm upgrading WP 2.5 (I know -- long overdue!) with WP 3.0.1. I follow these steps:

   1. I extract a back up of my database using phpAdmin

   2. I download the latest ZIP file from wordpress.com to my local machine and unzip it.

   3. I manually copy files over using SFTP. I delete wp-admin and wp-includes and update these directories using SFTP. I manually copy over wp-content.

   4. I update wp-config.php based on new settings in wp-config-sample.php.

   That should do it, no? But when I go to /wp-admin in my blog, it *still claims* I'm on WP 2.5. Why? What am I missing?

2. James
   Happiness Engineer
   Posted 1 year ago #

   In step 3, you didn't replace all of the files. You need to replace everything except the wp-config.php file and the /wp-content/ directory.

3. arunranga
   Member
   Posted 1 year ago #

   Hi there, James! I think I replaced *everything.* What could I be doing wrong? I dragged everything over. Every file shows today's timestamp.

4. James
   Happiness Engineer
   Posted 1 year ago #

   Did you run the upgrade script at /wp-admin/upgrade.php ?

5. arunranga
   Member
   Posted 1 year ago #

   James,

   No! I assumed it would run automatically from the web page. Should I chmod from the Shell and run it manually?

6. James
   Happiness Engineer
   Posted 1 year ago #

   No, just visit yourdomain.com/wp-admin/upgrade.php in your browser. More info: http://codex.wordpress.org/Upgrading_WordPress_Extended

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