This is a quick, simple and safe wordpress upgrade how-to guide. First of all, backup all your SQL database and your blog folders. After that only we begin with the upgrade. You can easily backup or dump your database into a file from your cpanel or etc.

Secondly, login to your old wordpress admin page, from the plugin page, deactivate all the plugins first because it may cause compatibility problem in the latest wordpress due to outdated plugins. After you have done, rename your folder to something else first. Now, upload your new wordpress-2.5.1.tar.gz source file into your home directory. Extract it and rename it back exactly like your old wordpress name.

Next, move on to your blog home directory, edit the file called wp-config-sample.php. Change the value accordingly to your old wordpress config file. Please do not use back the old config.php because it may be different in terms of structure or coding. Just use back the same values for the same field. Next login to your wordpress blog through your browser.

Wordpress will now automatically detect that if your database needed to be upgraded to the new wordpress 2.5.1 structure. Wordpress will now ask you to upgrade the SQL database if necessary. Click on upgrade wordpress and continue. Just follow the simple steps and enjoy! Just wait a couple of minute and you’re done depending on the size of your database. Your wordpress database will automatically upgraded to the new wordpress database structure. Now reupload your plugins and themes. Go to the plugins tab and reactivate all the plugins again. If the plugins is outdated, you can do an automatically plugin update with Wordpress 2.5.1.

Ok you are done! Very simple upgrade right? Do you believe it i upgrade from wordpress 2.2 to wordpress 2.5.1 in less than 30 minutes

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