Manually manage upgrades instead of using godaddy one click install

  • Resolved Brandon

    (@glassanemone)


    11 years, 1 month ago

    When I first started my site, I installed wordpress 3.5 using goaddy’s one click install. I then used their one click install to upgrade to 3.6 and 3.6.1. I noticed I do not have an option to upgrade to 3.7 using their one click installer.

    After a little research I discovered the following message in my godaddy control panel: Server Error: A general server error has occurred. The date on the message is the date I upgraded to 3.6.1. It seems this may have been caused by some changes I’ve made to my htacess file.

    I would like to move away from relying on godaddy one click install and do manual upgrades. Can I simply just click the upgrade button from my wp dashboard? Or should I uninstall parts or all of my current wordpress install and start over from scratch?

    Of course I know to deactivate plugins and activate the default theme prior to upgrading etc…

    Also, I have a cronjob that does daily full site backups.

    Link to site

    Thanks.

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  • Can I simply just click the upgrade button from my wp dashboard?

    Yes, and it is best to first deactivate all plugins and switch to a default theme such as Twenty Twelve or Twenty Thirteen.

    I used the one-click installer at BlueHost when I first started about a year ago, then my cPanel later showed an update error after I had already done one. Since that time, I have gone to cPanel and disabled the update script.

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