Successful Upgrade to WP 2.1
After yesterdays disaster, I was successful today in upgrading to WordPress 2.1. My site was down less than 5 minutes total. I gathered tips from a couple of different bloggers and this is step by step how to do. The bug is the Askimet plugin.
Download your complete theme.
Download any image files. (You can save your old installation as yourblog.com.old first and then pull them from there after upgrading).
Deactivate all your plugins.
Download and save any plugins that you needed to configure.
Delete Askimet totally.
Upgrade.
Upload previously saved template and plugins.
Activate plugins and enjoy.
Yes, I vomited 4 times. But I did it. And you can, too.
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Aha so it was a plugin!
I’m glad it worked for you!
I’m just wondering when you say download your theme etc. .. you mean saved it or backed up your site?
It sounds like you did a completely new install with a new Mysql database created and then re-installed all the old info into the upgrade and turned on each plugin. Is that right? I just want to know because I hope to do it soon too.
Is it worth upgrading right now? Are there new features that would really make me want to change over this minute?
Thanks for your help. You’re pioneering the 2.1 wp changeover. LOL
Way to go Cass!!!