Wordpress Upgrading Options
by jim on June 5th, 2008 
5 Comments
A few weeks ago one of my clients asked me to upgrade their WordPress versions from 2.5 to 2.5.1. I was a little reluctant to make the jump. You see, I’m the type that waits for Fantastico to support the WordPress version before I actually make the upgrade. I figured that IF Fantastico would support it, then it would be stable. I couldn’t help but agree in my mind that Fantastico would pass a Wordpress version if it’s as stable as it gets. I’ve never regretted this method, it has always worked for me.
But my client wanted it upgrade for some reason, I pressed on to ask “Why?” and he went on to say “Well you see I have a personal/family blog and I’ve upgraded to Wordpress 2.5.1 already and it all works well.”, he said. “Hmmm… Ok!” was my YM reply. And so I finally did.
I knew that when I do this that I’m jumping from the safety of Fantastico to the world of manual upgrades from hereon, but the client wanted it so what the hey. I did it. Works well. The only draw back was that I had to install a wordpress script that would check the version against the most current online version and let IT update my Wordpress.
Goodbye Fantastico … for now, at least for this client. 
I’d still go the Fantastico way for my other clients. I’m happy nonetheless that I have known this little script that acts like how I would like Fantastico to upgrade/update my Wordpress…
Oh, if you want me to tell you that Wordpress plugin… Will post that up next time!
Hang on tight!
Wordpress Automatic Upgrade (www.techie-buzz.com)? This is what I used and it worked very well – even disables and (re)enables plugins after the upgrade.
Can’t wait to see what plugin you used, I would love to be able to update WordPress without having to even really think about it, upgrading WordPress manually is a chore and really scary as well. If I don’t have to think about it, I don’t have to worry about it.
i think upgrading is not usefull sometimes, i upgraded my blog but now some of the plugin which i used is not working
Did you ever post that script?
If I don’t have to think about it, I don’t have to worry about it