This is just a quick post to let everyone know that it looks like WordPress 2.6 is already available to people that choose to upgrade their WordPress installation via Fantastico.
I’m not actually sure if availability varies by web host, so for the record I have only confirmed it with Hostgator, which is my web host of choice.
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That's unfortunate. Hopefully they can find a solution for it soon. :(
Till then,
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I just checked BlueHost and it’s not there yet.
@Tyler @ Building Camelot – Thanks for the heads up on this! I guess it is something that is controlled by the web host then.
One of my webhosts is DreamHost, and yesterday a few of my blogs had the one click install of WP 2.6 available as an upgrade.
But why wouldn’t the other blogs, be upgradeable through the one-click. Any idea?
I have a total of 7 blogs hosted under DH, and 4 of them, had the option to upgrade to Wordpress 2.6, but not the other 3. Weird.
Its not there at my preferred host – Bluehost yet
Fantastico on Bluehost always seems to take awhile. I want the update, but when will I get it?
I upgraded my site with Fantastico De Luxe.
Warning to anyone else who has changed their “table_prefix” value in the “/wp-config.php” file, you may need to change that prefix back to your custom name, I got a fright when I did the upgrade and looked at the site to find it was suddenly called “My Blog” with no database data, it had also created new default table prefixes “wp_” in the database. I changed the /wp-config.php file to show my old custom prefix, then I visited the /wp-admin/upgrade.php link to upgrade the old database tables.
Hi, just came across this post as I am looking for any indication as to whether the WP upgrades are controlled by Fantastico or the webhost. I have a number of WP blogs hosted on Bluehost and to date (26 Aug), 2.6 isn’t available yet! I asked Bluehost about this before and they said that it is down to Fantastico and not them. It’s frustrating as you never know who is really telling the truth!
@ Charl – Great question! I haven’t confirmed this, but I think it is a little of both, as Hostgator had WordPress 2.6 within a week of its release.
I think it takes a bit for Fantastico to code the update, but once that is done, it is up to the web host to load the upgrade into CPanel.
Hostgator usually has upgrades pretty quickly, so I recommend them if you aren’t happy with your current webhost.