Title: Upgrade Documentation
Last modified: August 18, 2016

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# Upgrade Documentation

 *  [yorkiesmurf](https://wordpress.org/support/users/yorkiesmurf/)
 * (@yorkiesmurf)
 * [18 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/upgrade-documentation/)
 * I do not know if other users have encountered this or if I am the only one. However
   I find the instructions for upgrades to be generic and not always applicable 
   to the upgrade itself.
 * For example when I upgraded from 2.2.3 to 2.3 I have a few issues with a database
   error relating to categories. It was not after spending time on the forums and
   reading a few when I thought that the issues may have been due an incompatible
   plug-in. I deactivated all of my plugins and the reactivated each one to see 
   which one(s) were causing issues.
 * In the future it would be nice when upgrading to provide a such information as:
 * **Release Log** – stating what file(s) are being added or modified
    ** Known 
   Issues – Issues that are know at the time of the release and any work around 
   that may resolve the issue. This may include plug-ins that are no longer compatible,
   listing of error messages that may be encountered in regard to the upgrade, how
   to solve the error messages, and issues with platforms, servers, and Operating
   systems.
 * **Any testing – ** Including the results of the test.
 * **Issue / Change log – ** I know there is a nightly build section and the forums.
   However it would be nice if there was an area for user to log an issue, see the
   status of the issue, and see what other users have encountered it instead of 
   having to troll through the forums to find it. It could be as simple of putting
   it into an MS Excel workbook for download.
 * Hopefully 2.4 will be much smoother and more understandable on how to upgrade
   it.
 * All I am trying to ask for is more clarity in release documentation so that if
   a problem is encountered it is in one area, the user does not have to spend a
   lot of time trolling through the forums, and does not have to read all of the
   messages on their dashboard to locate the information to trouble shoot their 
   problem.

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 *  [Jeremy Clark](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jeremyclark13/)
 * (@jeremyclark13)
 * [18 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/upgrade-documentation/#post-626804)
 * trac.wordpress.org has most of that already.
 * _This may include plug-ins that are no longer compatible,_
    [http://codex.wordpress.org/Plugins/Plugin_Compatibility/2.3](http://codex.wordpress.org/Plugins/Plugin_Compatibility/2.3)

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 * [updgrade](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/updgrade/)

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 * Last reply from: [Jeremy Clark](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jeremyclark13/)
 * Last activity: [18 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/upgrade-documentation/#post-626804)
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