Comments on: Upgrading to WP2.6 Failed!

By: Blog Is Finally Upgraded & Dentist Visit

Blog Is Finally Upgraded & Dentist Visit — Tue, 26 Apr 2011 01:36:53 +0000

[...] version 2.8.6 from 2.2.1. Yup that old! You don’t know how sad I felt a year ago when I failed to upgrade this blog. I did nothing different this time except of course upgrade it to the latest one [...]

By: Che-Cheh

Che-Cheh — Wed, 30 Jul 2008 14:01:19 +0000

Narrowband, just that my hands are itchy now. And for security reason.

CC, I heard 2.5.1 has some security issue. Not sure about the content.

By: cc

cc — Tue, 29 Jul 2008 08:07:42 +0000

I’m using 2.5.1 now.

By: narrowband

narrowband — Tue, 29 Jul 2008 07:58:28 +0000

I really don’t bother keeping up with the upgrade already. It’s been about a year (I think) since I updated. LOL. As long as it still works.

By: Che-Cheh

Che-Cheh — Mon, 28 Jul 2008 23:48:32 +0000

Jam, welcome.

Edrei, alright. I'll make a trial run first. Any problem will contact you. Thanks!!! :star:

By: Edrei

Edrei — Mon, 28 Jul 2008 07:56:17 +0000

It’s not a file. It’s just a PHP code. I’m not sure what tag you have to call your links. But for your blogroll, the one you should change to is wp_list_bookmarks. I’ve linked the codex so you know how to use it properly.

Because WordPress also changes your category number as well. As soon as you upgrade, make sure you check what your category ID number is so that you can call it out on your list. If this gets too confusing, you can send me a mail or IM me at derevon at hotmail dot com. We’ll see what we can do from there.

By: jam

jam — Mon, 28 Jul 2008 07:32:56 +0000

Thanks for the info. I won’t upgrade as for now.

By: Che-Cheh

Che-Cheh — Sat, 26 Jul 2008 16:14:25 +0000

Edrei, then it’s better to WP2.6 straight away. Thanks for the permalinks recommendation. How do I change the category/links hook on my theme? Which file to change? Thank You!!! :kowtow:

CC, what’s your current WP version? No matter what we should test it out first before officially changing it.

You’re welcome dear.

By: cc

cc — Fri, 25 Jul 2008 16:51:48 +0000

So my decision to wait is the right one?
Luckily you backed up all your files ya!

p/s: Many thanks for the birthday wishes, I really appreciate that. The answer is 29, young hor. HAHAHA. :clown:

By: Edrei

Edrei — Fri, 25 Jul 2008 14:04:27 +0000

Yes it will, it is from version 2.3 onwards that the categories have changed. You have to do something about it regardless, which is still pretty easy. It's just changing the category/links hook on your theme. Nothing to it. The index.php permalinks isn't a problem as well. You just have to update your permalinks to something more suitable. If you're worried about older posts pointing to the wrong permalink, you can try this plugin which redirects old permalinks to a new one without needed to change anything. So what you do is to change your old permalinks to a new one without the index.php. Then use the plugin to point all links with the index.php to the new permalinks. Then upgrade your WordPress alongside your categories. Hopefully that should help you.