I woke up this morning to be notified that Wordpress 2.6 is out! Wohoo!

Wordpress is out!

For those who have no idea what I’m talking about, wordpress is the backend to this blog. It’s the software that makes everything run. Wordpress have created a short video that shows the new features in 2.6.

After watching that video who wouldn’t want to upgrade?

After clicking ‘Please update now‘ you arrive at a page that looks like this:

The page with lot's of jibberish!

From here click the relevant link. You can either click on the link that takes you to the guide for upgrading or download a fresh new install.

I clicked on the guide for upgrading my existing installation of wordpress.

This should take you to a page with lot’s more writing:

If you are normal, at this point you will switch off and decide to stick to Version 2.5 as I almost did. But worry not! Go back to your Wordpress dashboard and click ‘plugins‘.

If you are a regular blogger you must have heard of a plugin called “Wordpress Automatic Upgrade“. This one plugin turns upgrading all plugins into one click job! If you havn’t got it, hurry up and install it.

Once installed, click on the link that says: “Wordpress Automatic Upgrade” (in the description). After doing this you will arrive at a page that looks like this:

This is where the fun begins

This is where the fun begins

click on ‘Automated version‘ and let it do its thing.

Sooner or later you will be presented with this page:

Now from here you need to click on ‘click here to complete database upgrade‘. This will pop open a new window where you have to click ‘upgrade wordpress‘ continue.

After a few seconds it will finish upgrading your database and you will be presented with the following:

Now all you need to do to finish off is click on ‘click here to run the clean up process before continuing’. All this does is cleanup and remove any temporary backup files that were made. After clicking this you’re done! All that’s left is for you to enable any plugins you previously had enabled.

I really hate the upgrade method where you have to manually delete files via FTP and upload certain files. It all gets tricky and never works out for me. This one plugin has made life truly easy. If you’re like me and want to upgrade without hassle - follow this method.