WordPress Hacks » WordPress Upgrade Checklist http://wphacks.com WordPress Themes, Plugins, Hacks, Tutorials, and more! Thu, 02 Feb 2012 15:20:21 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 How To: Preparing for WordPress Upgrades http://wphacks.com/how-to-preparing-for-wordpress-upgrades/ http://wphacks.com/how-to-preparing-for-wordpress-upgrades/#comments Sat, 08 Mar 2008 11:00:45 +0000 Kyle Eslick http://wphacks.com/how-to-preparing-for-wordpress-upgrades/ According to word on the cyberstreet, WordPress 2.5 is due to be released this Monday.   This comes on the heels of a possible vulnerability found with WordPress 2.3.  So, what do you need to do to prepare for a major WordPress upgrade?

As always, Lorelle has us covered over at Blog Herald with her WordPress Upgrade Preparation Checklist.   Here are the first two (and probably the most obvious ones):

  1. Check Compatibilities: Visit the WordPress Codex and check the WordPress Theme Compatibilities and WordPress Plugin Compatibilities lists to ensure that the Theme and Plugins you are using will work with the new version. If there is a Plugin your blog is dependent upon, check with the author to ensure you have the updated version.
  2. Update Themes and Plugins: The Migrating Plugins and Themes offers tips on updating your Plugin or Theme for the latest version of WordPress.

Click over to check out the rest!

Another thing you might want to do is to treat each major upgrade as a reminder to do spring cleaning on your WordPress blogs.  I remove/intergrate as many plugins as possible, remove extra images I’m no longer using, update my Robots.txt file, and check Google Webmaster Tools to make sure everything is being indexed, etc.

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