Using the Automated Update 2.7+

By Amy • July 11th, 2009

One of my favorite things about the new WordPress 2.7 (now 2.8) is the automatic upgrade option from the dashboard. As of this post, 2.8.1 has just been rolled out, so most of you will be using the ‘automated upgrade’ for the second time. Those of you slacking and haven’t done it yet… what are you waiting for?

So far the only failures with the automated upgrade have ended up being because the person was up at their server space capacity (easily fixed… my customers… call me). My new video on upgrading and backing up covers how to check before you start.

So, this tutorial covers a few scenarios, most noteably if you are still prior to 2.7 because you haven’t been upgrading like you should be… but I go over backing up your installation before you start and checking how much space you have as well as using Fantastico for the last time to upgrade you to 2.8 for you to then go forward and upgrade regularly.

So why am I telling you to backup your site when my servers create a back up of every site, every 24 hours (usually between 1am-5am EST)? Well there are times that you have done a lot of work since the morning and *then* you upgrade and if a site restore is needed, you lose everything you’ve done since last update.

Also, on occasion the ‘automated backup’ turns out to be corrupt (does not happen often) and you need to restore from the weekly backup. So, be safe and you probably won’t need it.

That being said if you are at 2.3 and are upgrading to 2.8 via Fantastico, definately make a backup because the further you go between backups the better the chance something will go wrong.

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