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Beginning with Version 2.7, WordPress added the ability to preform an automatic upgrade. This makes it very easy to upgrade to the latest version of WordPress. Note, that the automatic upgrade does not allow upgrading from previous versions such as Version 2.6.5 to Version 2.7, but allows upgrading from Version 2.7 to newer versions.
The Tools Upgrade SubPanel provides the links necessary to install the upgrade automatically or to download the file necessary to complete a manual upgrade.
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Upgrading WordPress
No Upgrade is Available
When visiting the Tools Upgrade SubPanel, if you are running the lastest version of WordPress, you should see messages like this:
- You have the latest version of WordPress. You do not need to upgrade. However, if you want to re-install version 2.7, you can do so automatically or download the package and re-install manually:
- Re-install automatically - Click to to reinstall the current version. You should receive the following messages if the upgrade proceeds successfully:
- Downloading update from http://wordpress.org/wordpress-x.x.zip
- Unpacking the core update
- Verifying the unpacked files
- Installing the latest version
- Upgrading database
- WordPress upgraded successfully
- Download x.x - Click this to download the zip file contain the x.x version. Read Upgrading WordPress to manually complete the upgrade.
An Upgrade is Available
When visiting the Tools Upgrade SubPanel, and there is an WordPress upgrade available, you should see messages like this:
- Important: before upgrading, please backup your database and files.
- There is a new version of WordPress available for upgrade
- Upgrade Automatically - Press this button to begin the automatic upgrade process. The following messages will display during and upon completion of the upgrade:
- Downloading update from http://wordpress.org/nightly-builds/wordpress-latest.zip
- Unpacking the core update
- Verifying the unpacked files
- Installing the latest version
- Upgrading database
- WordPress upgraded successfully
- Download x.x - Click this to download the zip file contain the x.x version. Read Upgrading WordPress to manually complete the upgrade.
Once an Update is Completed
After a successful upgrade is achieve, it is a good time to review any new features about the new Version just installed, and to make sure your Plugins and Themes are also updated to their latest version.
Troubleshooting
- Problem
- If one of the following messages is received after electing to do the Automatic Upgrade:
- Downloading update from http://wordpress.org/nightly-builds/wordpress-latest.zip
- Download failed.: Could not open handle for fopen() to http://wordpress.org/nightly-builds/wordpress-latest.zip
- Installation Failed
- or
- Downloading update from http://wordpress.org/nightly-builds/wordpress-latest.zip
- Download failed.: name lookup timed out
- Installation Failed
- Solution
- Confirm you are properly connected to the internet then do the Automatic Upgrade again.
- Problem
- After doing the upgrade, and received WordPress upgraded successfully message, but the following message still displays:
- An automated WordPress update has failed to complete - please attempt the update again now.
- Solution
- Delete the .maintenance file found in the WordPress root/base folder, the do the Upgrade again.
- Problem
- After clicking on "automatic upgrade" you get a dialog box asking for "Connection Information." And, no matter what you enter, you continue to get errors.
- Solution
- Make sure that your entire wordpress directory is owned by the username under which your Apache server runs. For example, if your server runs as https, and your files live in /var/wordpress do a "chown -R apache.apache /var/wordpress." Note that you might want to edit some permissions for security purposes, in particular a chmod 640 on wp-config.php, to protect access information to your database.
FAQ
- Steps performed during upgrade
- Do I need to deactivate plugins before using the core update option?
- The core upgrade is not working, what can I do?
- Other FAQ about Installation and Upgrading
- Other troubleshooting about upgrading
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Changelog
- 2.7 : New featue