Comments on: How to: Upgrade your WordPress Blog in a Minute via SSH

By: Wayne Theisinger

Wayne Theisinger — Tue, 02 Feb 2010 18:50:58 +0000

I agree that these instructions should say something like:

1. login to ssh and cd to your workpress installation folder

as their first instruction.

and they should mention that if the user is using an updated version of either classic or default then should answer ‘n’ when prompted for permission to overwrite – however having said that these instructions have saved me hours today when I upgraded all my wordpress sites to 2.9.1.

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By: Austin

Austin — Thu, 11 Dec 2008 13:16:49 +0000

Jeremy,

svn export just overwrites; if you want to use Subversion to get rid of old files as well as get new ones, then you should check out a fresh install with svn co and then switch to new releases.

By: Jeremy

Jeremy — Wed, 10 Dec 2008 22:11:30 +0000

Does the SVN method merely overwrite existing files throughout your install, or does it overwrite some, but also then entirely replace necessary folders like wp-admin and wp-includes (leaving no older files or anything else behind in those cases)?

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By: Karsten, 54degrees

Karsten, 54degrees — Tue, 09 Dec 2008 01:07:10 +0000

@Tom: Are you answering to Fernandos comment?

Because your themes and plugins are in the wp-content directory.

wp-includes and wp-admin are system-only files and deleting these dirs helps to prevent security-issues. You get a fresh reinstall of the system files. So old scripts are being deleted, which are not included in the main distribution anymore.

SVN export is an elegant way for experienced users

By: Tom Ransom

Tom Ransom — Mon, 08 Dec 2008 16:04:57 +0000

These instructions are incomplete and dangerous. A user following them will lose all their plugins and themes.

And worse, presumes the user attempting this know enough to change to the correct directory on their server.

By: KimC

KimC — Mon, 08 Dec 2008 14:47:15 +0000

I’m sure you already know this but it bears mentioning: once you upgrade to WP 2.7 you will be able to upgrade automatically with a single click inside your dashboard.
Freedom!

By: Fernando

Fernando — Mon, 08 Dec 2008 13:26:07 +0000

A simple question …

why do you delete wp-includes and wp-admin?, I think that you must delete wp-content in order not to overwrite your theme, plugins, etc … but “wp-admin” and “wp-includes”