Upgrade 1.5 > 1.5.1

  • Please read the whole thread – many people have added useful information !

    This applies ONLY to an upgrade from 1.5 to 1.5.1 – it is not the method to use if upgrading from an earlier version.

    It may look complicated – it isn’t!

    1. BACKUP your database
    2. Download 1.5.1. Unzip it.
    3. Open the unzipped folder, and DELETE wp-images. (You have no need for these in an upgrade)
    4. Now open your ftp program and go to your blog directories
    5. On the server, delete the directories wp-admin and wp-includes. Note: If you have “languages” directory in your wp-includes folder (with .mo files) you may want to save/backup those before deleting the wp-includes directory. Upload the new ones.
    6. The Classic and Default themes have been changed slightly so if you wish to, you can upload those to your wp-content folder.

      7. (See the post below this)

    7. On the server and at blog root, delete the old WordPress files and upload new ones. I recommend you do this one by one if you are not sure. Do not delete wp-config.php.
    8. Now run “www.example.com/wp-admin/upgrade.php”

    That’s it.
    You don’t go near your wp-content folder so your themes and plugins are perfectly safe. this is a very easy upgrade – probably the easiest one yet for WordPress.

    Please use a proper ftp client.

    Please don’t think it’s easier to overwrite and not bother deleting files first – you will get errors, you’ll post here for help, we’ll tell you to do it properly, you will and the errors will go away. Far easier to cut that middle stuff out ??

    If you wish, you can delete the following files:
    install*.php
    upgrade*.php
    import*.php

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  • Are trackbacks being deprecated? For me, they are now working worse with 1.5.1. I can’t receive them with custom or default permalink structures. I can still send trackbacks.

    With 1.5.0, I could receive trackbacks with “default” or “non-customized” permalink URLs, but not with custom ones.

    No need to help me with this, I’ll look into it later. Thanks!

    Hi, Upgrading was fine but I’ve found an error on my site. My index.php calls to a SSI function in order to get the lastest posts from a forum (SMF 1.0.3):

    <?php require("/home/mydir/public_html/foro/SSI.php"); ?>

    I worked nice with WP 1.5 , but after upgrading to 1.5.1 this error appears:


    Fatal error: Cannot redeclare is_admin() (previously declared in /home/mydir/public_html/wp-includes/functions.php:1367) in /home/mydir/public_html/forum/Sources/Security.php on line 111

    once I remove
    <?php require("/home/mydir/public_html/foro/SSI.php"); ?> from the very first line of the index.php the page loads fine, although obviously SSI functionality is lost.

    Any idea about what’s happening, please?
    Thanks

    Thanks a lot I did it that way and it?′s great

    Well done guys! Upgrading was as easy as 1, 2, 3 and everything seems to be working fine. It would be great to find a hidden Easter egg though ??

    When I go to my dashboard, this error comes up. I followed all your directions, so I don’t know what the matter is.

    “Warning: main(/home/aurexoul/public_html/jacob/wp-includes/class-snoopy.php): failed to open stream: No such file or directory in /home/aurexoul/public_html/jacob/wp-includes/rss-functions.php on line 370

    Fatal error: main(): Failed opening required ‘/home/aurexoul/public_html/jacob/wp-includes/class-snoopy.php’ (include_path=’.:/usr/lib/php:/usr/local/lib/php’) in /home/aurexoul/public_html/jacob/wp-includes/rss-functions.php on line 370″

    My blog is at https://jacob.aurexoul.com/

    thanks podz…upgraded without issue.

    actually, i should just add that i know many use ryan’s WP comment-form. if you do, be aware that the options-contactform.php file sits in the wp-admin folder, and if you follow the process you may delete it. (it actually still works until you go to the admin panel for it).

    I think for the better it is very important to say maybe again disable all plugins before upgrading.
    After the upgrade you can enable them again.
    And if you still get errors better throw them into the forum.
    I had some minor problems with an uninstalled plugin on a local server.
    For the rest everything is running very smooth right now local and best of all 1.5.1 seems to be faster then before.

    Everything went great for me. I’d like to note the upgrade fixed my categories, which had previously refused to behave hierarchically. I’m thrilled to know that I wasn’t insane.

    I’ve read the responses here, but I’m wondering if there is a “new” way of using the function: get_currentuserinfo() in 1.5.1. I’d rather rename the line in my plugin (LivePress) than work waaaaaay around it.

    The latest version of Ryan’s WP-ContactForm places the options include in the /wp-content/plugins/ folder now and not in the /wp-admin/ folder, so if you’ve been keeping up-to-date with it, you won’t need to worry about accidentally deleting the file from /wp-admin/ ??

    i did it…and it worked perfect
    and thank you podz.. it worked great..
    your instructions are great as usual..

    m

    The upgrade seems to have broken my jVisitors plugin… doh

    It just says “session error” where I have inserted the visitor count at the bottom of my page (https://feckoff.net).

    Ignore me, I’m a muppet. Since the wp upgrade instructions involved deleting wp-settings.php, I had to re-add a couple of lines of code required by jvisitors there. Its working fine now.

    I got a pretty nice speed increase from the 1.5.1 installed with no problem. Everything operates fine and faster. Although I go to errors on the upgrade.php. Everything works fine and dandy.

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