- Backup the following files and folders :
wp-content (backup the whole directory)
wp-config.php (file)
Database (using phpmyadmin, backup the whole database, safe.) - Downloaded the latest WordPress here.
- Delete all the old WordPress files .
- Extract and upload the new WordPress files.
- Copy the wp-config.php to the WordPress root directory.
- Run wp-admin/update.php (http://yourwordpresssite/wp-admin/update.php). It will ask for a database upgrade, continue. If all goes well it will redirect to a blank page.
- Delete the new wp-content directory and upload your old wp-content directory in place of it.
- Visit your site! All your posts and plugins will be active and it will look the same! (All incompatible plugins will be disabled automatially, but most of the plugins that work with 2.6.* also work with 2.7
- Admin URL is the same: http://yourwordpresssite/wp-admin/
Known Issues :
If you by chance cannot see the left navigation menu, disable any menu optimizing plugin that you have installed before like Ozh’ Admin Drop Down Menu plugin or Lighter Menus. Do that by deleting the corresponding plugin directory in the wp-plugins directory.
flayzeraynx is Photographer, CSS master and UI Developer at cyqlr.com an established Web Development company in Cleveland, OH. He spends his days hand crafting CSS and Javascript. Ozan spends his spare time with his wife and son.
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Worked great, thanks!
My palms were sweating during the process