Comments on: How to Upgrade WordPress Manually

By: Kim Woodbridge

Kim Woodbridge — Thu, 06 Jan 2011 01:14:04 +0000

Hi Amy – Excellent!

I wrote this out when I first started upgrading sites all the time. I finally memorized it but I referred to it for quite some time. I should add a note that this is still valid even though the article is over 2 years old.

By: Amy

Amy — Thu, 06 Jan 2011 01:01:52 +0000

After getting errors repeatedly when trying to upgrade to 3.0.4 in spite of troubleshooting steps like deleting the upgrade folder and giving it 777 permissions, I found this post through Google. It’s especially helpful since WordPress’ own manual upgrade instructions are basically —

1. Trash WordPress.
2. Upload new WordPress.

I wanted a more step by step approach and you covered it beautifully! Thank you so much for the help. I really appreciate it and upgraded without a hitch.
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By: Kim Woodbridge

Kim Woodbridge — Mon, 03 Jan 2011 12:21:24 +0000

Hi Rachel – Ari is correct. Deactivating the plugins won’t remove the settings – that will only happen if the plugin is completely deleted.

By: Kim Woodbridge

Kim Woodbridge — Mon, 03 Jan 2011 12:20:45 +0000

Hi April – Try recreating your permalinks under Settings > Permalinks. Change them to the default and save. See if you can reach the subpages. If you can, change them back to what they were and save again.

It’s possible that you have a httpd.conf rather than a .htaccess file.

By: Ari

Ari — Sat, 01 Jan 2011 19:45:48 +0000

Yes, they will, Rachel — if you deactivate and not delete the plugins.

Sitemap plugins would need to be rebuilt; the rest should be fine.
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By: Rachel Ramey

Rachel Ramey — Sat, 01 Jan 2011 18:29:56 +0000

When I deactivate my plugins, will they retain their settings? I have nineteen active plugins, some with a LOT of settings, and I really, REALLY don’t want to have to set them all back up again.

By: April

April — Fri, 31 Dec 2010 04:06:34 +0000

I followed your simple (thank you) instructions and am now getting 404 error on sub pages… I can’t find an .htaccess file? Upgrade to 3.0.4.

By: Kim Woodbridge

Kim Woodbridge — Mon, 12 Jul 2010 10:43:33 +0000

Hi Ari – Thanks! I follow the same steps ;–)

By: Ari Herzog

Ari Herzog — Sat, 10 Jul 2010 03:34:57 +0000

I don’t think I ever commented here, but I bookmarked this post many moons ago — and have followed your steps for the past few iterations of version upgrades. Many thanks!
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