Upgraded to Wordpress 2.5
Posted by photonovice on April 23rd, 2008
I’ve just upgraded my Wordpress blog engine from version 2.3.3 to 2.5.
I used to be a techy or even a geek some time ago with Linux and some computer programming knowledge, but my hands were shaking – just like Pumpkin Pie wrote about it – when doing the upgrade.
I was scared of losing my blog.
I installed and upgraded Wordpress previously only with Fantatico DeLuxe which is an extremely easy way of doing such things. Since my hosting provider decided – according to some rumors – not refreshing Fantastico any more, I decided to do my upgrade manually.
It was not complicated at all and everything went quite smoothly. But don’t worry, I will not write about the technical details here – hey this is photography related blog, or what. 
I rather ask you to do me a favour: please let me know if you find anything malfunctioning on my blog.
Thanks a lot.
April 23rd, 2008 at 8:05 pm
I haven’t found any malfunctions, but wanted to point you at something that could make your future Wordpress upgrades easier. Go here, and get a Wordpress plugin called “Instant Upgrade.” It really lives up to its name, and essentially makes upgrades to your WP install painless.
You’d still be well-advised to do database and page backups before any upgrade, though. Just in case…
Argos
April 24th, 2008 at 7:21 am
Hi Argos,
Thanks a lot for your comment and the useful idea. I’ll give it a try next time.
Tibor
(Photonovice)
April 24th, 2008 at 12:08 pm
I didn’t know about the plugin Argos mentioned, but I use the WordPress Automatic Upgrade plugin for my updates. It automatically generates backups of your files and your database too.
April 24th, 2008 at 3:49 pm
Thanks, Luis. It seems that only I do manual upgrade.
But not anymore.
April 24th, 2008 at 4:10 pm
i’m with luis on WordPress Automatic Upgrade plugin … i used to use that …
but this time i upgraded manually …
all went well for the most part …
some links broke … but were easy to fix …
if anyone of you know how to get lightbox to work on 2.5 …
plz do drop me a line on my blog …
thanks …
May 20th, 2008 at 6:27 am
Hi Tibor,
I also took the plunge and upgraded. My WordPress version was quite outdated and I am loving the look of the Dashboard in the new version. Like you, I initially installed it using Fantastico but my web host had a new thing called Simple Scripts which made it easy, even though my hands were still sweating
Your site is looking good, I haven’t come across any gltches.
May 20th, 2008 at 9:34 am
Hi Anthea,
I suspect we use the same hosting provider.
Thanks for testing.