Another update. Another (temporary) crash.

I don’t know my way around version 2.6 yet as I just installed it. In fact, I was just getting used to 2.51 and then saw it was time to update again.

I used the WordPress Automatic Update plugin and crashed my site. Then, did it manually (fortunately my database was backed up and the Auto-updater had already turned off all my plugins) and got back up and functioning within about a half hour.

Lessons learned & points to ponder:

1. Don’t start an update while you are cooking dinner. Just don’t.
2. Check to see if there is a new release of the Auto Updater if you plan to use that. To be fair, I am not sure if that’s what caused the crash. I found a missing file using the usual needle in a haystack method and once I reinserted that file, all was well.
3. Now that I have built one client’s business site with WordPress, I have to figure out how to treat the need to update it all the time. How will the client feel about paying me for 30 minutes or more of my time sporadically whenever I tell him it’s time to update WordPress?

Need help?

Even though I’ve done WordPress updates a number of times, I always quake at the thought. It’s a good idea to review the directions before proceeding, in case anything unique pertains to the version you are updating to or from. Use these resources to manage your own update:

http://codex.wordpress.org/Upgrading_WordPress

http://codex.wordpress.org/Upgrading_WordPress_Extended