I have a blog using version 2.1 that's hosted on a virtual server. I want to move it to wordpress.org and have already set up its home there. I exported it successfully from 2.1 but it won't import to the current version 3.x, seems it's too old. Since I'm abandoning the virtual server once this is done, I don't necessarily need to bring this old blog up to the most current version of WordPress. The other blog I had was on 2.7 and it exported/imported just fine to 3.x. What is the minimum version I must upgrade to in order for the import to work? Do I need to take it all the way to 2.7? I understand I need to upgrade it incrementally, just want to know how many increments I'm going to need to do. Thank you in advance.
Minimum version for export-import to work? (2 posts)
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mmmyarn
Posted 1 year ago # -
songdogtech
Posted 1 year ago #It's best to go to 3.0 for security and reliability for the import and the live site.
Do an incremental upgrade from 2.1 to 2.3, 2.3 to 2.5, 2.5 to 2.8.5, 2.8.5 to 3.0.1 to be sure the database gets upgraded properly. Once you get to 2.8.5, you can use the automatic upgrade from the dashboard.
Older versions available at http://wordpress.org/download/release-archive/
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