Comments on: Important: Before Upgrading to Wordpress 2.8.2

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Sun, 09 Aug 2009 08:06:06 +0000

[...] option, some things went wrong (some things were already wrong anyway, so it wasn’t like Fritz’s problem). It took overlooking backup just once to compound a problem into a bigger [...]

By: Fritz

Fritz — Mon, 20 Jul 2009 14:13:46 +0000

I just remembered! During automatic upgrade, the first thing that the program does is download the zipped file of the update, unpack it then install. During install the first thing it does is put the site on maintenance mode, deactivate the plugins, update WP, attempt to reactivate the plugins, then BOOM, all is well. You are right, Markku sensei, it is critical that all plugins be deactivated before an upgrade. :D

By: markku

markku — Mon, 20 Jul 2009 10:57:13 +0000

Yeah, they should put it there too. Generally, manual upgrades don’t cause problems; I guess it’s the automatic upgrade that did it for you.

By: Fritz

Fritz — Mon, 20 Jul 2009 07:58:08 +0000

The reminder for users to disable all plugins should then be up there with the reminder to back up you databaseseses, dibs? Gosh, what a complicated with WordPress biznis.

By: markku

markku — Mon, 20 Jul 2009 07:51:50 +0000

The official advise is to disable all plugins first before doing an upgrade. Then you re-enable them one by one to check for errors. Pero nakakatamad yung ganun. Hehe.