Can I go from The Event Calendar 5.16.2.1 to latest

  • I am new to the role of webmaster and the prior one did not update The Event Calendar plugins since The Event Calendar version 5.16.2.1 because it broke the site. I suspect a conflict with a custom extension but he doesn’t remember exactly what broke. In the meantime, our Pro license expired. I want to try to reactivate and update the plugins and fix whatever broke but there is a warning in cPanel “= [6.0] = Please see the changelog for the complete list of changes in this release. Previous versions of The Events Calendar are not cross-compatible with 6.X add-ons. Remember to always make a backup of your database and files before updating!” So, I made a backup of our dev environment. Then I tried to read the release logs but there are too many versions and it is hard to keep track.

    My question is not for support but for advice and suggestions from the community: Is there a short list of things I must be aware of or anything I can preemptively change/update before I try to install the latest version? Should I disable the Pro version until the problem is fixed and I can convince management to buy the license again? Or leave it active and update it as well?

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  • Plugin Support Iris

    (@iirvin)

    Hi @mduodoj,

    Thanks for reaching out! I’d be happy to help.

    Our plugins are designed to work side by side and should be updated together and kept at the matching versions as well.

    I would suggest keeping only The Events Calendar active and doing the migration. You can find more about the migration, including tips and instructions in this article: https://theeventscalendar.com/knowledgebase/migrating/

    We strongly recommend testing this in a staging environment first.

    Please let us know if you have any other questions.

    Best,
    Iris

    Thread Starter Michelle U

    (@mduodoj)

    Thank you very much. I decided to migrate a copy of the site to a more updated host machine before trying to do this.

    Plugin Support Iris

    (@iirvin)

    Hi?@mduodoj,

    Happy to help! Please don’t hesitate to reach out if you have any other questions.

    Best,
    Iris

    Thread Starter Michelle U

    (@mduodoj)

    @iirvin This plugin is tangled up in our custom theme so removing it breaks our mobile menu. However, updating it results in blank pages. Are there parts missing in version 6 that were included in version 5 but are now separate plugins?

    • This reply was modified 7 months, 3 weeks ago by Michelle U.
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