WordPress Upgrade – Again
The WordPress Dev Team released the latest version (2.5) over the weekend. Have you upgraded yet or are you thinking oh no… not another upgrade. I just did an upgrade X days ago.
Yes ma’am WordPress has been really busy. I’m looking at their Releases feed and it’s been crazy. Since May 2007, there has been an update or emergency release almost every month. Some months there were multiple releases to boot.
An administrative nightmare if you run multiple blogs or worse. Like I do, almost all websites are powered by WordPress. You don’t have to upgrade of course, but sometimes you don’t have much choice, for example, security upgrades.
Upgrades to any software is generally a good idea – maybe not bleeding edge upgrades but keeping your software up to date also means you can take advantage of the latest features. One big reason I am a fan of regularly updating is because the longer you neglect it, the harder it is to upgrade when you finally decide to.
Problem is, upgrading is such a mind numbingly boring task. It’s also time consuming because you have to wait for it to upload etc. To make it easier, there is the WordPress Automatic Upgrade plugin. This is a really nice plugin. Install it, log into your blog admin, run it and you’re done.
But… there’s always a but huh? Lazy Lynette doesn’t want to log into every blog she has. At the last count, I have in excess of 20 WP installations. Don’t get me wrong. I love WPAU and am ever grateful for it. But my time is $$ so I need to shave off as much time spent on this as possible.
So, I sprung for WordPress Auto Installer which comes with WordPress Auto Upgrade (not the same as WPAU – yes I know, these plugin names are getting confusing). Overall, I am really enjoying WordPress Auto Upgrade.
I like how you can group your blogs and with one click upgrade multiple blogs in that group or you can select individual blogs. Best of all, I have all my blogs under one control panel. One login and a few clicks later it’s all done. Only takes me 5 minutes, at most 10.
There is one damper. The blogs you want to upgrade or install must be on cPanel web hosts. The main product WordPress Auto Installer is also neat but it is much more picky, depending on your web host’s security configuration. But Auto Upgrade works like a charm for me.
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Hi Lynette,
Does it work on blogs on multiple domains?
Does it upgrade and also allow you to add in new plug-ins to multiple blogs.
I am thinking of trying it.
Jack
Hi Lynette,
Does it work on blogs on multiple domains?
Does it upgrade and also allow you to add in new plug-ins to multiple blogs.
I am thinking of trying it.
Jack
Hi Lynette,
Does this upgrade on WP make your blog pack obsolete or will you update that as well?
If you would like, follow me on twitter so I can DM you.
Hi Lynette,
Does this upgrade on WP make your blog pack obsolete or will you update that as well?
If you would like, follow me on twitter so I can DM you.
Hey Jack & Myrna.
I’m not sure which of the upgraders you guys are each referring to but here are answers for both.
WPAU – only one blog at a time. It has to be installed on each blog.
WordPress Auto Installer + Auto Upgrade combo works on multiple domains. Even if the domains are not on the same server or host for that matter. That is one of the biggest reasons why I bought it, because I have WordPress all over the Internet on different hosts.
The upgrader only upgrades – no plugins but I know the auto installer does plugins. You can add different plugins to be uploaded at one go.
Also, I am using this with another one of their products – WPCloner. This one will add plugins to multiple blogs at one go. It’ll also copy the settings from one blog to another which is nice.
Myrna, are you talking about Blogging Starter Pack? No, a big chunk of that information is still valid. I have plans to update and basically make a full makeover for it.
Hey Jack & Myrna.
I’m not sure which of the upgraders you guys are each referring to but here are answers for both.
WPAU – only one blog at a time. It has to be installed on each blog.
WordPress Auto Installer + Auto Upgrade combo works on multiple domains. Even if the domains are not on the same server or host for that matter. That is one of the biggest reasons why I bought it, because I have WordPress all over the Internet on different hosts.
The upgrader only upgrades – no plugins but I know the auto installer does plugins. You can add different plugins to be uploaded at one go.
Also, I am using this with another one of their products – WPCloner. This one will add plugins to multiple blogs at one go. It’ll also copy the settings from one blog to another which is nice.
Myrna, are you talking about Blogging Starter Pack? No, a big chunk of that information is still valid. I have plans to update and basically make a full makeover for it.
Hi Lynette,
Thanks for the answers – helps loads.
FYI – John Delavera is working on an ultimate Blog install and updating software solution – set to come out in May. Might be something you want to look at.
Jack
Hi Lynette,
Thanks for the answers – helps loads.
FYI – John Delavera is working on an ultimate Blog install and updating software solution – set to come out in May. Might be something you want to look at.
Jack
Yes Lynette, it’s the blogging starter pack that I am referring to-my friend Kate is taking your blogging boot camp and I’m helping her wanting to know about the 2.5WP updates on Starter Pack.
Also, are you using semiologic on any of your blogs?
I’m friendly with Denis and just curious.
Thanks(follow me on twitter 🙂
Yes Lynette, it’s the blogging starter pack that I am referring to-my friend Kate is taking your blogging boot camp and I’m helping her wanting to know about the 2.5WP updates on Starter Pack.
Also, are you using semiologic on any of your blogs?
I’m friendly with Denis and just curious.
Thanks(follow me on twitter 🙂
@Jack: Cool! Thanks for letting me know about Delavera’s product.
@Myrna: I do use Semiologic but not on all blogs. Only those I don’t feel like messing around too much. I love building and editing themes, getting my hands dirty 😉 Besides, these days I use WP more for content management and we do some heavy hacking/modifications and it’s much more flexible to work with a standard theme or one we build from the ground up.
@Jack: Cool! Thanks for letting me know about Delavera’s product.
@Myrna: I do use Semiologic but not on all blogs. Only those I don’t feel like messing around too much. I love building and editing themes, getting my hands dirty 😉 Besides, these days I use WP more for content management and we do some heavy hacking/modifications and it’s much more flexible to work with a standard theme or one we build from the ground up.
Boy, I really should get on writing more about using WordPressMU to do exactly what you’ve done above.
Except it’s all on one server, all one install. 😀
Boy, I really should get on writing more about using WordPressMU to do exactly what you’ve done above.
Except it’s all on one server, all one install. 😀
Hey Andrea – but WordPressMU is all on one server correct? One hosting account and server?
Hey Andrea – but WordPressMU is all on one server correct? One hosting account and server?
It’s tough to know when the best time is to upgrade. I want to know that all the kinks are out of 2.5, but at the same time there might be holes left in the old!
It’s tough to know when the best time is to upgrade. I want to know that all the kinks are out of 2.5, but at the same time there might be holes left in the old!
Hi Simon, that’s the thing. In any new release there’s always bound to be something that’s not running as smoothly as we’d like it to. But you have to make a choice between leaving yourself open to vulnerabilities (which has already surfaced in some 2.3.x blogs) or upgrade and put up with the hassle. I personally feel it costs me much more in time and resources which equate to $ when I have to clean up after a hacking.
Hi Simon, that’s the thing. In any new release there’s always bound to be something that’s not running as smoothly as we’d like it to. But you have to make a choice between leaving yourself open to vulnerabilities (which has already surfaced in some 2.3.x blogs) or upgrade and put up with the hassle. I personally feel it costs me much more in time and resources which equate to $ when I have to clean up after a hacking.