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1. hibees
   Member
   Posted 4 years ago #

   hi, i'm a complete wordpress newbie and have been stumped with this new upgrade. i installed wordpress using the fantastico easy installation so have no idea how to do it properly or how to upgrade.

   so far i have just replaced the old xlmrpc.php with the updated one using filezilla. i then logged in to my admin and added upgrade.php to the end of my url and then hit continue on the page that appears hoping when i returned it would say i've upgraded, however it hasn't.

   if anyone can let me know what the minimum and easiest way to upgrade is i'd appreciate it, i try following the instructions on the wordpress website but end up lost.

   thanks, Jamie.

2. whooami
   Member
   Posted 4 years ago #

   you delete old files, you upload new files, . you run upgrade.php

   thats the barebones (without going into what you dont delete). whats the problem?

   It says you havent upgraded because the version number is taken out a file that you have changed. You ONLY chnaged xmlrpc.php

3. hibees
   Member
   Posted 4 years ago #

   so all i have to do is take the full downloaded unzipped 2.3.3 version and then upload it using filezilla and overwrite every file?

   another thing i'm not too sure on, i used the guide online to back up my database with phpmyadmin but im not sure what to do with backing up the actual site? i know what i've to do with copying it all over from the ftp but i'm not exactly sure what files i should be copying. should i just click on the "..." folder and copy everything in there?

   sorry if these are all really straight forward things but i'm not sure that even what i've done so far is right and i don't want to make a complete mess of it all.

4. whooami
   Member
   Posted 4 years ago #

   do you have cpanel? If so, just do a home directory backup. You can also download everything via ftp also, if you like.

   as for what files, grab everything, you can never be too safe.

   And about the uploading, overwriting .. Yes, thats pretty much it. The trick is to make sure that you actually OVERWRITE -- Lots of ftp clients miss files since they compare file sizes and not content. The safe thing to do is to delete, then upload --

   Dont delete wp-config.php, and dont delete your plugins or your themes, (basically).

   Then run upgrade.php

   Piece of cake :)

   Disable your plugins, btw, first.

   The instructions on the codex, if followed, wont do you wrong.

5. hibees
   Member
   Posted 4 years ago #

   thanks mate, managed to upgrade it properly.

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