Wordpress Blogging Mastery Malaysia

Most of you may have read about the latest news on the release of WordPress 2.3.2 that claimed its a more secured and stable version than the previous 2.3.1 because it has fixed a few bugs that can expose your draft posts and suppressed certain error messages that can give away information about your database table structure and so on.

I was in the midst of transferring this domain to a different host when I was prompted by WordPress to upgrade to the new version 2.3.2 whilst trying to log-in to the administrative panel.

I tried a number of attempts and failed, until I went back to WordPress.org to re-read their upgrading instructions before I finally got it.

I used the following steps to upgrade to WordPress 2.3.2 from 2.3.1, after I have transferred my domain from host A to host B and re-installed WordPress in the root directory.

Step 1: Prior to upgrading your WordPress exercise, you should backup your data. Just follow the instructions to backup your wordPress data per your needs.

Step 2: I started at cPanel with a fresh empty WordPress platform. Then login to your WordPress admin panel and deactivate all plugins first. P/S: In my first few attempts, I skipped this crucial step and the upgrading exercise did not work, so go and deactivate all plugins.

Step 3: Search Google to get WordPress 2.3.2 and download the zip file onto your desktop, and unzip it.

Step 4: Open up your FTP program, like Filezilla, to connect to your server. Upload each individual folder and files from WordPress 2.3.2 to your local host or server.

Example: Upload “wp-admin” folder from your local PC to “wp-admin” at your server. Do the same for “wp-content” and “wp-includes” folders and the rest of the files.

Step 5: Login back to your Wordpress admin panel and on Dashboard, you should be able to view the latest WordPress 2.3.2 version at the bottom of the page.

Step 6: Next, you need to import your previously saved backup WordPress database back to your domain.

Step 7: Check that all your data are in order, before you reactivate your plugins, widgets and themes.

If you have a better methodology of upgrading WordPress 2.3.2 than mine, please feel free to send me some comments.