[Plugin: WordPress Beta Tester] I use 3.4.2 but cannot upgrade to 3.5 beta

It’s only installing 3.4.3 for me

wants to upgrade my 3.5 beta to 3.4.something not the RC

+1 to this. The latest the plugin allows me to download is the 3.4 nightly build. No 3.5RC.

same here, plugin is a fail

Still not resolved. Says updates available but keeps installing 3.4.3-beta1 over and over again. :/

Still doesn’t work.

Dashboard -> updates + Update now installs WordPress-3.4.3 instead of the real version which is wordpress-3.5-RC4-23121 so any suggestions on what to do now?

Download nightly productes wordpress-3.4-latest.zip which is also wrong.

You need to first go to:

Tools > Beta Testing

Then select “Bleeding edge nightlies” and Save.

Now, when you go back to Dashboard > Updates and Upgrade, it will be version 3.5.

Thanks, Bryan

Thanks Bryan, I had no idea that a release candidate would be found on the “Bleeding edge”. I now have 3.5-RC5-23141 installed!

FEATURE REQUEST
How about having the plugin display what is available on the various stream as a banner that updates whenever this changes, and has to be manually cleared. Possible?

A really valuable plugin. Just a bit confusing.

Mark

Stay with 3.4.2 for now. 3.5 has been a real pain for me because I use short codes a lot in visual. It will not function properly with some of my plugins as well. I am going to go back to 3.4.2 as soon as I look up how to install an older version of WP.

Best of luck!!

@micheal – Security wise, that’s never a good compromise. It’s been weeks since 3.5 stable was out.

If plugin authors haven’t fixed their broken plugins by now you have to ask yourself if that’s really a reliable plugin in the first place. You can probably find a working, up-to-date plugin to replace whatever feature is being offered in the broken one.

Or perhaps whatever bug you’re experiencing is completely unknown to the plugin authors. Have you given them a quick note about the issues in the plugin’s support forum?

I agree with @bryan Hadaway, it is not advisable to run an older version of WordPress. Security is a must for WordPress. There are too many people out in this world that would love to hack your CMS “WordPress”.

If plugin authors have not updated a plugin for a while and too many people are having issues with that plugin then I suggest you try and patch it if you have PHP knowledge or you change the plugin to an alternative.

I still see too many people using WordPress 3.3.2 out in the market. All I can say is they better have some great security in place or else they run the risk of getting hacked.

My humble opinion……