How to Upgrade WordPress

If you wish to upgrade your WordPress blog, the first thing you want to do is familiarize yourself with the Upgrading WordPress Documentation as there are some important notes, particularly if you are upgrading from a rather old version.

NOTE: Do not use the upgrade feature from within wordpress as our servers do not support that feature at this time. It's best to upgrade manually as noted below.

Here are the steps to upgrade your WordPress blog from 2.1 or later to 2.8:

1. Download the latest version of WordPress. Extract the files on your own hard drive.

2. Download your wp-config.php from your WordPress directory on your CGI server via FTP. Place it in the same directory that you extracted the new WordPress files to.

3. Open the wp-config.php file in a text editor (not a Word Processor) such as Windows Notepad.

4. Find this line:
   
   

   // ** MySQL settings - You can get this info from your web host ** //

   Above this line add these lines:
   
   

   /* Wordpress 2.8 Visual Editor Fix */
   define( 'CONCATENATE_SCRIPTS', false );

5. Save the file and then upload all the new files including the edited wp-config.php to your WordPress directory. Be sure to overwrite the old files.

6. Log into your WordPress blog. You might be asked to update your database. You must do this to make things work properly.