Title: upgrade problem
Last modified: August 19, 2016

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# upgrade problem

 *  [pauln600](https://wordpress.org/support/users/pauln600/)
 * (@pauln600)
 * [14 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/upgrade-problem-27/)
 * I’ve upgraded from 2.6 to 3.1.1, and there are some problems in the admin area–
   see [http://settlementtech.org/WP-upgrade.png](http://settlementtech.org/WP-upgrade.png).
   There are various
    problems, most conspicuously the main menu is missing from
   the left sidebar.
 * Thanks in advance for any ideas on what the problem might be…
 * Paul N.

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 *  [govpatel](https://wordpress.org/support/users/govpatel/)
 * (@govpatel)
 * [14 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/upgrade-problem-27/#post-2043648)
 * Did you upgrade in steps for each version.
 *  Thread Starter [pauln600](https://wordpress.org/support/users/pauln600/)
 * (@pauln600)
 * [14 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/upgrade-problem-27/#post-2043651)
 * No, just went from 2.6 to 3.1.1. I didn’t see any advisory in the upgrade process
   about stepwise upgrades… did I miss something, or is this missing from the upgrade
   docs?
 * Thanks,
    Paul
 *  [govpatel](https://wordpress.org/support/users/govpatel/)
 * (@govpatel)
 * [14 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/upgrade-problem-27/#post-2043673)
 * yes you suppose to upgrade in steps for each major version
 * [http://codex.wordpress.org/Upgrading_WordPress_Extended](http://codex.wordpress.org/Upgrading_WordPress_Extended)
 *  Thread Starter [pauln600](https://wordpress.org/support/users/pauln600/)
 * (@pauln600)
 * [14 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/upgrade-problem-27/#post-2043798)
 * What about plugins – do these need to be upgraded stepwise as well?
 *  [govpatel](https://wordpress.org/support/users/govpatel/)
 * (@govpatel)
 * [14 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/upgrade-problem-27/#post-2043799)
 * You need to deactivate all plugins and switch to default theme backup your database
   on each step and upgrade once you have upgraded then activate one plugin at time
   and if there is update it will tell you to update.

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