Upgrading to WordPress 2.1 Is Easy

Some of you have asked about upgrading to WordPress 2.1 “Ella.”

I hate to totally ruin the moment BUT …

IT’S INCREDIBLY EASY! I think it took me about 10 minutes.

Here’s the upgrade information straight from WordPress and … yes, it’s simple.

But frankly, I was scared to death.

I’ve been backing up my blog for sometime using this great plugin.

For the upgrade and because it was my first time doing an upgrade, I had the backup emailed to me and also downloaded it to my desktop. Then I downloaded my WP blog folders via FTP and copied it to another folder altogether. (Yeah, can you tell I’m not a tech guy and paranoid to lose 7 months of work?!)

You should use the WordPress documentation for the upgrade, but it goes like this: Backup your database (use that plugin), Deactivate all your plugins, Delete certain old files and upload new ones, “Run the “upgrade script (http://example.com/wordpress/wp-admin/upgrade.php)” and Reactive your plugins.

Next: All the things I love about Ella!!