Restore from backup of different version?

  • There is a little backstory to this post, so I’ll post the backstory and the question separately.

    The backstory: I had WordPress installed on a domain using DreamHost a while back, and due to some irregularities it was never installed properly, so I could never get it to update. I always had to update it manually. I got tired of doing this a while back, so I let it sit at version 2.3.something for a while. Today I decided I wanted to upgrade, and downloaded all of the WP files, with the plan to just overwrite them via FTP. However, apparently the WebFTP has since disabled the “upload directory” option, and I couldn’t get ANY third-party FTP client to work. So I decided, screw it, I will back up my SQL database and just wipe the domain, and start from scratch with a new WP install.

    The problem: The install was successful, and I was able to successfully re-import my SQL database. However, my posts just are NOT showing up on the new blog!

    My question is: is there an additional step that I need to take? Do I need to wipe wp-cache, or change wp-config? I’ve looked through the documentation but am not sure if or what applies to me.

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  • You need to re-install 2.3 first and then carry out a series of smaller upgrade steps:

    2.3 -> 2.5 -> 2.7 -> 2.9.2

    Thread Starter freakusmcgee

    (@freakusmcgee)

    So, I actually resolved this problem on my own, though not sure if it is the best way to do it, but I thought I would post it just in case.

    The import generated a database with 21 tables (the old and new WP tables). Since the new database was empty I discovered I could just drop the new tables and rename the old ones. I only did this for the wp-content folder however, and would be loathe to do it with any of the other tables.

    This worked for me because I didn’t have much content or any other users, and only a handful of content because my blog is young. I don’t think this will work for anybody who isn’t in this position.

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