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title: "WordPress 2.7.1 Painless Upgrade"
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published_at: "2009-03-06T03:46:52+00:00"
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/ WordPress 2.7.1 Painless Upgrade

I had the evening free tonight, and decided to burn some time upgrading my blog to the latest version of [WordPress](http://wordpress.org/)
. I checked out the [handy upgrade instructions](http://codex.wordpress.org/Upgrading_WordPress)
, and then went to work. In less than 10 minutes, I was all done.

I host my blog on a Debian Linux server [at work](http://www.secure-by-design.com/)
, and did the upgrade via ssh. To get started, I used the BackUp WordPress plugin to backup my files for safety’s sake, then I disabled all plugins as instructed. I should mention that all of my plugins were up to date before the upgrade, which is probably a good idea to prevent compatibility issues before they start.

Once I was done that, I ran the following commands using ssh:

```
$ wget http://wordpress.org/latest.zip
$ unzip latest.zip
$ cd public_html
$ mv wp-includes wp-includes.old
$ mv wp-admin wp-admin.old
$ cp *.php .

$ rsync -Cav ../wordpress/wp-content/ wp-content/
```

[http://www.ismay.ca/wp-content/uploads/2009/03/wp-271-dashboard.png](http://www.ismay.ca/wp-content/uploads/2009/03/wp-271-dashboard.png)
WordPress 2.7.1 Dashboard Screenshot

With that done, I logged back in to my admin dashboard. WordPress prompted me to update the database, and I was greeted with the stylin’ new interface of WordPress 2.7.1.

Now I’ll have to find something else to do! 😉