WordPress Automatic Upgrade Plugin

July 26th, 2007 • Related • Filed Under

WordPress may be the best blogging platform out there, but unfortunately some of its features could be more user-friendly. For instance upgrading WordPress isn’t a nice simple process.

Luckily, for those of you who either forget to keep up with the endless WordPress updates, don’t like FTP or just can’t be bothered to update WordPress, well, now there’s a plugin that will do it automatically. WordPress Automatic Upgrade is a WordPress plugin that will automatically upgrade your WordPress version to the latest version.

Here is what WPAU does:

1. Backs up the files and makes available a link to download it.
2. Backs up the database and makes available a link to download it.
3. Downloads the latest files from http://wordpress.org/latest.zip and unzips it.
4. Puts the site in maintenance mode.
5. De-activates all active plugins and remembers it.
6. Upgrades wordpress files.
7. Gives you a link that will open in a new window to upgrade installation.
8. Re-activates the plugins.

The plugin can also can be run in a automated mode where in you do not have to click on any links to go to the next step. to download the plugin and to learn more, click here. The plugin proves that this functionality can be built, so hopefully the code will make its way somehow into the core WordPress build.

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Everton is based in London and has worked in the internet and mobile space for over ten years now, and before that worked in corporate strategy and consulting. He has a degree in Economics from Cambridge University, and currently runs the Portal and online operations for one of the largest ISPs in the UK.

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    Comment by Martin on 26 July 2007:

    I’m really cautious when using such automatic scripts. This might be nice for small blogs but I prefer to manually update my blogs to be in charge. What if something goes wrong along the line ?

    Could be really problematic to figure out when and why and what. It is also not working if you changed code in the Wordpress files and not only in your templates.

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    Comment by shopper on 26 July 2007:

    is it trustworthy? has anyone tried it?

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    Comment by listikal on 26 July 2007:

    Wow, excellent idea. Now we just need an automatic Theme uploader and FTP is gone.

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    Comment by Zath on 26 July 2007:

    I’d find this really useful as upgrading isn’t something I like to spend ages doing. It sounds like it more semi-automated, reminds me of the vbulletin upgrades which take you through stage by stage where you advance it by clicking the next button.

    I’d be amazed if this functionality didn’t come into the core Wordpress product soon though.

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    Comment by Shashank on 27 July 2007:

    i don’t its completely stable at present…

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    Comment by Nirmal on 27 July 2007:

    This is really a useful plugin although it may have bugs in intial stages.
    BTW Everton, the secon link in the post is not valid, its having 2 http.

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    Comment by Everton on 27 July 2007:

    Thanks Nirmal - fixed

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    Pingback by WordPress Blog Housekeeping | Connected Internet on 8 September 2007:

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