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Cleanup uploads folder, Media Library db structure
I am doing an upgrade and cleanup of an old blog that started on Blogger.com, then moved to self-hosted WordPress 2.1, 2.3 and now 3.0. Images in the posts are scattered around: most of them are in ...
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How to customize a plugin whilst maintaining ability to upgrade
I am currently working on a major update to one of my WordPress plugins.
The plugin lets the user choose from several available skins. Quite often I get asked to create a custom skin. To prevent this ...
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How to prevent redirect to 'About' after core upgrade?
In wp-admin/includes/update-core.php we find the following line:
add_action( '_core_updated_successfully', '_redirect_to_about_wordpress' );
I want to remove this action, so I created a mu plugin ...
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Real automated and unattended wordpress upgrade including plugins
I'm looking for a truly automated way to upgrade wordpress and its plugins, something that i could put in the crontab and configure it to run daily.
I have several wordpress plugins (>20) and a ...
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How can I migrate a super old version (2.0) of my blog to 3.1?
I can't use any of the import plugins because of the older version -- so it's kind of a pain, plus the URL permalinks arent very optimal. Any ideas on how to do this? I'm afraid I'd have to do this ...
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Update exisiting site to 3.5 release candidate
I have an existing site that I want to update to 3.5 now, because I want to see if my plugins and themes work in it.
I don't want to wait for the full release (when I'll be able to automatically ...
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How do WordPress veterans deal with the issues of upgrading WordPress?
Sometimes upgrading WP is catastrophic: critical plugins don't work any more (and new compatible versions don't exist yet).
What do the WP veterans do about it? Do they upgrade WP after the boring ...
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Site stuck in “Database Update Required” loop
I just updated to 3.1.3 and now when I go to the admin I get the "Database Update Required" /wp-admin/upgrade.php screen. I click 'Upgrade Now' and it says it's done, but then trying to access ...
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How to check plugin compatibility before upgrading Wordpress
When you're upgrading a plugin you can quickly check if the plugin version you are about to upgrade to works with your current version of Wordpress. Is there a way of checking that your current ...
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A Way to Auto update plugins using cron?
Is there a solution to keep plugins updated with wordpress by auto upgrade them without need to access to the admin panel every time?
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Is the built-in updater the “best” way to upgrade WP installations?
With the release of WordPress 3.1, I'm about to update my own WP installation. I've had a thought about the different ways one can do the update: by hand (ugh), via Subversion checkout on the server, ...
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3.1.3 auto-upgrade
Any ideas on this? I earlier got an error on some update directory, and manually deleted it (unfortunately I didn't write it down). I think I've done auto-upgrades on the same domain before.
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Upgrading a custom theme through the Dashboard
I can't seem to upgrade my custom theme. Whenever I try to uploaded a new package, all I get is:
Unpacking the package…
Installing the theme…
Destination folder
already exists. ...
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Import old SQL dump into new Wordpress version
I'm trying to restore a Wordpress blog from a backup. Unfortunately, all I have is an SQL dump of the database as generated by phpMyAdmin. The dump was created when the blog was running Wordpress ...
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Updating Wordpress - the best approach (updating wp core, plugins and db)
What is the best approach (steps) to update Wordpress when I have to update all of the following:
wp core
plugins
database
I came across this post http://codex.wordpress.org/Updating_WordPress ...
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What is the easiest way to implement cascading database upgrade for my plugin?
Lets assume following situation:
I develop a plugin. The plugin requires custom database table to store some kind of information.
From month to month I release new versions of my plugin. Different ...
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What files to keep after upgrading WordPress?
We were recently handed a few blogs/sites to support, that have started way back when wordpress was on v2.1.3 or even 2.0.4
After upgrading the sites to the latest versions (3.4.2 and 3.5) we found ...
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How do I fix problems with users not being able to publish and only submit for review after upgrade of Multisites installation?
We have a previous WPMU installation that has been upgraded to a WordPress Multisites installation. Since upgrading to 3.3.2 from 3.2.1 we have problem with editors/admin not being able to post on ...
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Updating servers at once in web cluster
We have a pretty basic load balancing setup with 3 web servers behind a load balancer connected to the same db server and pointing their wp-content/uploads folder to an nfs share.
We have the first ...
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How to log database changes during an upgrade?
I have Wordpress installed in a classical LAMP configuration.
Is there any way to, in a protected environment (like staging), automatically log all database changes (i.e. drop indexes or alter tables) ...
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Client is using Softaculous to upgrade WordPress versions. How do I upgrade from the WordPress dashboard?
My client is using Softaculous for software upgrading. I tried upgrading from the WordPress dashboard and it wouldn't let me. Do I have to somehow "uninstall" Softaculous for this to work?
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Upgraded from 2.8.x to 3.3.1 and lost content
First of all I did a manual upgrade of the wordpress site. I did everything by the book. I disabled all plugins, did all the backups.
I upgraded to the new version, everything went fine.
Only that I ...
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Why users disable the WordPress update?
Users install plugins which disable update reminders.
Plugins:
disable WordPress Core Updates
disable WordPress Plugin Updates
disable WordPress Theme Updates
Look at the counter of plugins ...
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Could not create directory /wp-content/upgrade/
When I try to automatically install updates to Wordpress or plugins, I receive an error:
An error occurred while updating... Could not create directory
.../wp-content/upgrade/...
My web host ...
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Empty space instead of admin bar
So I upgraded to 3.1 now I have a white band above the header of my website in the frontend when I'm logged in, I know this should be the control menu, but just a white band :-(
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Plugin Upgrade Strategy
Reading register_activation_hook() told me that in wordpress 3.1, this will only work for every plugin activation, not plugin upgrade.
What I want to know is, what's the best plugin upgrade strategy?
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“Upgrade Network” error: stuck with SSL certificate verification
When trying to update one Network/MU install, I got the following error.
Warning! Problem updating https://subdomain-A.example.com. Your server may not be able to connect to sites running on it. ...
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How can I transition a site from using the Beta Tester plugin to a “normal” install?
I'm currently using the WordPress Beta Tester plugin on a site. Is there a "best" way to transition the site to a "normal" WordPress install? The plugin includes this notice:
Please note: Once you ...
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WP 3.1 upgrade breaks AutoFocus+ theme
I run WP for my photoblog ShutterScape using the awesome theme AutoFocus+. Recently, I upgraded to 3.1 and now, it refuses to show the featured images in the individual post pages. I am suspecting a ...
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List Category Posts plugin upgrade fails with fatal error
I just tried an automatic upgrade of List Category Posts plugin to version 0.17.2 on WordPress 3.0.5. I think I had 0.17.1 before. It installed but failed to activate:
Plugin could not be activated ...
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Upgrade Nightmare - No Posts, Permissions Issues and Can't Create a new post
Symptoms:
Can't view ANY previous Posts, but the correct totals are listed by class - published, draft....
When creating a new post - no save or publish button
Unable to administer ANY plug-ins - ...
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Subscribers become Authors after Upgrade? / Mass Update of Users?
I have a site with ~30K users, and the vast majority have role 'subscriber' on the main blog. After upgrading from WPMU 2.9.2 to WordPress 3.0.1 I noticed that all 30,0000 users are appearing in the ...
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Media Content disapeared after upgrade WP core to 3.5.1
my Media -->Library content disappeared from the dashboard, but I still can see it inside my actual site folder.
Could anyone instruct me how to fix it?
Thank You
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Problems updating wordpress
When I try to update wordpress from 3.2.1 to the latest one it stalls and does nothing. It used to ask for my ftp details, which I looked up online and added this to the wp-config:
/** Setup FTP ...
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after renaming my wp-content folder, how do I upgrade my wordpress version?
I renamed my wp-content folder in an earlier version of WordPress. Now, I've upgraded my WordPress to the new version, but after the upgrad, I could not access the my active theme and plugin ...
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Upgrade Wordpress Database from 2.6 to 3.2
I'm trying to migrate an old wordpress site to a new host - the old installation hasn't been updated for a while and is still on 2.6.5 while the new install is 3.2.1 (current). Unfortunately the old ...
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Update Wordpress with SFTP instead of FTP
Is there a way to update Wordpress without the use of FTP, but with SFTP (which uses SSH)? I've only got my server set up for SSH access (and therefore SCP/SFTP).
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TinyMCE in Custom Metabox not loaded after upgrading from WP 3.1.4 to WP 3.2
I want something very simple: a custom metabox with a TinyMCE editor in it.
The following code help me achieve that easily in 3.1.4:
add_action( 'add_meta_boxes', 'add_metaname_box');
function ...
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error: An Unexpected HTTP Error occurred during the API request
I'm using wordpress version 3.1 and if I try to upgrade any plugin on any of my sites I get the error message error: An Unexpected HTTP Error occurred during the API request. Not by upgrading ...
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WSOD after upgrading to 3.1
I installed the new wordpress 3.1, but it gave me some problems and I had
restore everything, you'd know it help me?
Practically after updating the site was completely white and I could not
access the ...
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Upgrading from 2.9.4 to 3.0.x and with a custom theme
I have a site where the Theme is VERY custom and I can no longer work with the developer.
Should I be worried about the theme no longer working in 3.0.4. and if so what is the easiest way for me to ...
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Upgraded to latest version - 3.0.3 and Now I get a “sufficient permissions to access this page” error
The issue appeared immediately after upgrade. The only part of the application impacted is the sub-menu items under settings where it relates to a plug-in. The core application settings work, just ...
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SSH Upgrade Problem
I keep getting the same error, any ideas?
I have generated a key without a password using ssh-keygen
I set permissions on the keys to 600
I have successfully logged in using ssh -i ...
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Upgrade to WP 3.5 hangs in “database upgrade” step [closed]
Just tried to upgrade my wordpress blog using the automatic upgrade function. It asks me to upgrade my database, and after I click the button all I get is a page with the wordpress logo, nothing else.
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Upgrade to 3.4 error: Call to undefined function get_option()
After running the automated upgrade to 3.4, I receive the message
Fatal error: Call to undefined function get_option() in
/.../wp-admin/admin.php on line 32
I have renamed plugins/ to ...
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How do I go about fixing this apparently messed up upgrade?
I'm a WordPress novice trying to help a friend (who is even more of a WordPress novice) with his WordPress blog hosted on GoDaddy.
It was working fine until he apparently (he doesn't fully remember) ...
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Does WP delete deprecated plugin/theme files on plugin/theme upgrade?
Let's say theme 1.0 is installed with 30 files in it. Then two weeks later theme is upgraded to theme 2.0 which contains only 10 files. Do those older 20 files get automatically deleted after upgrade?
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WP upgrade can't create directory even though perms are 777
I'm trying to upgrade to WP 3 but I'm getting a weird error when I try to do so:
Downloading update from http://wordpress.org/wordpress-3.0.4.zip.
Unpacking the update.
Could not create directory: ...
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“An automated WordPress update has failed to complete - please attempt the update again now”— But there is no .maintenance file
I am trying to manually upgrade my wordpress to the latest version (3.0.3)-- after autoupgrade fails.
After the upgrade everything works fine except for one little nagging message at the top of my ...
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Getting rid of files not used by latest upgrade
After doing a Wordpress upgrade I notice that there are some files that have an old creation date. Am I safe to delete these on the assumption that they were part of the previous release and so aren't ...
