When WordPress Updates to the Newest Version
ByA new version of the WordPress software came out last week: WordPress 3.2 dedicated to the Jazz pianist George Gershwin. (all major releases get a name from a famous Jazz composer). Here is a video from the WordPress.org folks with some of the highlights of the new release:
Here is what I do when I want to update to the latest version of WordPress:
1) I backup my WordPress Website with The Backup Plugin (http://www.thebackupplugin.com my link for Backup Buddy)
This is the fastest, easiest way to backup your WordPress sites, because it’ backs up everything! and makes it easy to restore,l or move your site to another location.
2) I update my WordPress Software
3) I check to see if any plugins can be updated. i.e. are they compatible with the latest version. If so I update those.
4) I click around my site in the admin to check out the new features, and then I click around on the outside of my site.
It’s important to have a good hosting company that knows how to handle WordPress, and has customer support who understand what you are doing. I have found Blue Host (http://www.bluehostnow.com my link) to be the best at this! They know a lot about WordPress, and can explain things to you on the phone.
You’ll notice that WordPress tends to come out with major releases in the summer. Good time to play around with it!
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Thanks for the update Christina. Hope summer is treating you all great! Take care.
Karen,
Summer for me is filled with biz building, and office clean up. Good time to get your ‘house’ in order for new Fall Programs
Thanks Christina!
I find wordpress a wonderful platform. New to blogging, but am completely satisfied that wordpress is a platform that can accomplish all that I need to. I really like the flexibility with all the available plugins. It’s pretty easy to get a site online once you get the hand of it, but getting traffic to it seems like a bit of a mystery.
Tom,
getting traffic to any website is a big challenge for many people.
Stay true to your vision, and keep plugging away at it, and you will have successes!
I love wordpress for its easy to installed and tons of plugins to download.But I find all the updates a bit daunting:(
It’s a matter of habit
I have wordpress and I am still learning how to use it properly. I have messed my blogs and site up so many times. Now I just leave it alone and post blogs.
Dave,
Wordpress is very complex. I learn new stuff about it all the time!