Art Palaver » dashboards http://www.artpalaver.com Find Fans. Sell More Art. Fri, 03 Feb 2012 23:20:10 +0000 en hourly 1 WordPress For Artists | Staying Up To Date With The Latest Release Of WordPress http://www.artpalaver.com/wordpress-wednesday-staying-date-latest-release-wordpress/ http://www.artpalaver.com/wordpress-wednesday-staying-date-latest-release-wordpress/#comments Wed, 20 Jan 2010 22:22:42 +0000 Daryle http://www.artpalaver.com/?p=1010 WordPress For Artists | Staying Up To Date With The Latest Release Of WordPress is a post from: Art Palaver The Artist Marketing Resource.

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Wordpress is software that is under constant development and periodically new versions are released that feature updates and security fixes. This means that one day you sign into your blog’s dashboard and you see a message that states, “WordPress 2.9.1 is available! Please update now.” And for security reasons it is a good idea to update to the latest version as soon as possible. But when you click on the “Please update now.” link you are greeted with a warning that you should back up your data base and files. I’ve talked to enough bloggers to know this warning often stops them from updating. Mostly because they are not quite sure how to back up their database and files.

The default answer when talking WordPress is “there is a plugin for that.” And that answer holds true for this dilemma as well. The one I use and recommend is WordPress Automatic Upgrade. Once installed this plugin does all the heavy lifting for you.

WordPress automatic upgrade upgrades your wordpress installation by doing the following steps.

  1. Backs up the files and makes available a link to download it.
  2. Backs up the database and makes available a link to download it.
  3. Downloads the latest files from http://wordpress.org/latest.zip and unzips it.
  4. Puts the site in maintenance mode.
  5. De-activates all active plugins and remembers it.
  6. Upgrades wordpress files.
  7. Gives you a link that will open in a new window to upgrade installation.
  8. Re-activates the plugins.

This little plugin really helps you keep your WordPress blog up to date. You can find it at:  http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/wordpress-automatic-upgrade/ Or search from it through the plugins page in your WordPress dashboard for a direct install.

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