Clarification on WordPress update ?

  • Resolved maharg

    (@maharg)


    13 years, 8 months ago

    The release of version 3.2 advised “You’ll notice in your first update after 3.2 that we’ll only be updating the files that have changed with each new release instead of every file in your WordPress installation…”

    With the exception of making the essential backups, disabling plugins, etc. why then the need for the rather convoluted process described in “Upgrading WordPress Extended”. Surely now, with the support for incremental upgrades, this should not be necessary ?

    Perhaps I’m missing a vital point here ?

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  • Manual upgrades may require you to upload all files. It’s going to vary from situation to situation. Having details of how to upgrade every file isn’t going to hurt, is it?

    Thread Starter maharg

    (@maharg)

    Hi Esmi,

    Yes I understand that but as a WordPress beginner, rightly or wrongly I’ve understood from various blogs and other sources of info, that the only safe way to update the installation is – not to use the automatic update, but to use the process as described in ‘Upgrading WordPress Exended’.

    Should one use auto update by default and only resort to manual update when problems occur ?

    Hopefully you’ll put me right on this !

    the only safe way to update the installation is – not to use the automatic update, but to use the process as described in ‘Upgrading WordPress Exended’.

    Whilst that might have applied some time ago when automatic updates were only available via 3rd party plugins, it’s no longer the case. WordPress has its own 1-click automatic update that you can use quite safely. However, it is still recommended that you backup your database, deactivate all plugins and switch to the default WordPress theme before carrying out an automatic upgrade.

    Should one use auto update by default and only resort to manual update when problems occur ?

    Yes.

    Thread Starter maharg

    (@maharg)

    Esmi – excellent !
    many thanks for being so helpful

    Thread Starter maharg

    (@maharg)

    Well – I started this thread because I was hopefully looking forward to a simpler upgrade path afforded by the incremental upgrade feature.

    I’d forgotten one major problem – shared servers and the consequential file ownership issue!

    The website I’m working on is hosted on a shared server so the 1-click automatic update isn’t going to work. So regretfully it’s back to manual upgrades !

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