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1. jdlejeune
   Member
   Posted 3 years ago #

   Hello. I have a site that I am upgrading from 2.04 to 2.62. WordPress seems to have upgraded fine, but I know that there are a lot of extra tables and things in there from plugins on the previous site.

   Any tips on getting this data as clean as possible?

   Thanks

2. MichaelH
   Volunteer
   Posted 3 years ago #

   ** Make backups of your database now!

   Could always upgrade to 2.6.2, then do Manage->Export, drop the databases, do install.php, then do Manage->Import->WordPress.

   But otherwise the Database Description article will show you the standard WordPress tables.

   As far as the options put into the wp_options table, you'd have to check each one individually.

3. jdlejeune
   Member
   Posted 3 years ago #

   I don't quite understand this part. Is it in wordpress or mysql console?

   Could always upgrade to 2.6.2, then do Manage->Export, drop the databases, do install.php, then do Manage->Import->WordPress.

   Thanks for replying Miachael.

4. Samuel B
   moderator
   Posted 3 years ago #

   the manage -> import/export functions are in the wordpress admin

   of course you can do the same with the database and phpmyadmin in your host's cpanel - it's just the wordpress one is easier

5. p77a
   Member
   Posted 3 years ago #

   maybe I can swoop in here with my problem as I'm also upgrading from 2.04. I tried it on a testblog and it worked perfectly well, but when I'm trying on the real blog (http://www.japankino.de), i don't get the "WordPress needs to upgrade your database" screen. Instead I'm redirected to the login-page, but I cannot login. Also, the blog doesn't display any content. So I've turned everything back to 2.04 again...

   Could the problem have to do with plugins that i installed and which created additional tables in the database? Like download-manager or wp-table?

   thanks for suggestions on how to solve this!

6. p77a
   Member
   Posted 3 years ago #

   just a quick update: instead of going directly to 2.6.3 i upgraded step by step and everything seems to be alright. :-D

7. jdlejeune
   Member
   Posted 3 years ago #

   So what you're saying is you upgraded to each version between 2.04 and 2.63?

   Thanks.

8. m.flodin
   Member
   Posted 3 years ago #

   Please provide step by step installation guide for upgrade to 2.63. Do not want to risc loosing data in exisiting blogg. All i find is about installing from scratch.

   Thanks!

9. MichaelH
   Volunteer
   Posted 3 years ago #

   Upgrading WordPress or Upgrading WordPress Extended explain the process.

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