Upgrade Your WordPress Automatically With This Plugin

InstantUpgrade was out months before the Techie Buzz plugin. Works perfectly. It doesn't do the back-up part but do you need that? You should have back-ups running automatically already.

Ah - When I see john chow calling this plugin for 'plugin of the year' I can't help without smiling.

It absolutely makes no sense to upgrade 'automatically' to a software that is just released. For bloggers who have been developing software know the value testing. It pays.

The ease of upgrade is really one thing that would make this plugin popular. But I would advice not to upgrade automatically to any thing thats just made public. Just give it a test first , see how things are going and then upgrade.

Just to remind that wordpress has its shares of problems. Once somebody was able to gain access to their server, modified the download file and put in some garbage code. Now think what would have happend if everybody with their eyes close had this plugin and upgraded automatically.

That essentially would have given that hacker an easy access to every one who had this plugin. Obviously this plugin was not there then , but it is now.

So be sure of what you are doing before installing this plugin.

All the best.

Looks like a great plugin; I'll definitely check it out. Thanks, John! :)

Steve

Has anyone had any successful updates with their WP blogs? I see only negative feedback. I guess it sucks big time; i'm sticking to the ol' fashion upgrade :D

Hi All,

Thank you so much for pointing out bugs to me, with your help I have been able to fix all the bugs and create a new version of the plugin which works pretty fine.

You can check the latest version here.
http://techie-buzz.com/wordpress-plugins/wordpress...

Do let me know if you have any other issues to that I can solve them.

Thanks
Keith

What a shame. This would have made my life a little easier if it was good.

Nice plug-in. But I'm not sure I'm going to use it - because I can upgrade WordPress with 1 click through Dreamhost :)

I am definitely going to try this out. Nothing better than making things easier and less time consuming...

Yes, I'm seeing nothing but bad reviews mixed in there. What's the verdict then? Not worth it?

hi all
I think that's a grat idea but since it will not be perfectly tested and guaranted with no risks at all I'll continue upgrading by hand.
just my two cents
luigibio

http://www.cappellate.com

I use InstantUpgrade, which has been working great for me in 3 different WP blogs :D

I would be extremely afraid of using this until I see some success reports about it.

No way I'm trying this until a few more guinea pigs have gone in first.

Well I am making my own customisations so this updates would just delet my work probably.

looks good but i think ill keep with the old way...

sweet... this would have been useful a few months ago lol.

This is definitely a great tip for wordpress users!
www.geeks-corner.com/blog

Definitely nice plugin

The plugin looks promising, definitely going to download.

Definitely downloading this plugin.

IS it that important to upgrade wordpress engine from time to time? I though it is good enuf if you stick to a wordpress. I scare to upgrade my wordpress because it is very sensitive.

I'm going to wait one or two more days to try this, after reading Keith's comment ... thanks, Keith.

And thanks too, John for exposing this valuable tool to the world. A lot of the readers here are going to miss the whole point, I fear. Is John dedicated to making money? Oh you bet he is, as he should be ... but along the way he provides _value_ and let the money follow. What has anyone out there, moaning about their income and "why nobody clicks" done to provide value today?

Hi Mybloggo

My blog got messed up too. I fixed it by downloading the latest WordPress files - http://wordpress.org/latest.zip - manually, unzipping and uploading and then by going to mydomain/wp-admin/upgrade.php

Hope this can help you.

Wow, everybody is excited O_O

Well it's actualy a nice plugin, but I don't think that it's so cool:
You don't know what will the next upgrade change in your blog so it can make troubles.
And usualy new upgrades have a lot of bugs and problems at the first steps, so that can make troubles too.

And it's not so hard to upgrade a blog by yourself.
Just replacing new files with the old ones.

Thats one of the good things that dreamhost does. I can upgrade with one click. :)

Thanks, I'll add to my site :)

Hi John,

Thanks for the heads up on the plugin. There are a few bugs which users have reported to me and I have fixed most of them.

The plugin may not work on servers which have ftp and web users who are different, but I have overhauled the problem and will release a new version with lots of bug fixes in next couple of days.

If anyone have any problem please leave a comment or email me at the given address on the plugin page.

Thanks
Keith

Who can help me

oh i need to do this :) i stumbled this page too. i am just so stumble happy lately! thanks, John!

Wow,
That's just the plugin I've been looking for!

This is awesome! I will be trying it right away, and I really hope it works as described. I have like 15 wordpress sites online, and updating them to the latest version is a nightmare!

Wow, this is awesome. I'm one of those people that hates moving server, upgrading, etc.

Can anyone help me.......

After i upgrade by using this plugin my blog is not working and i try to upload back all the backup data but does work...........

I doubt it picks out plugin code or any extra code I've throwin in for that matter when it does the update. That would truly be impressive, but its wishful thinking when it comes to updating anything. Anyone who REALLY keeps up with their blog probably has a mass of plugins.

Yay!!

Sounds like it's something to look into. Could be a great tool for a lot of wordpress bloggers out there.

Yeah I think this plugin will be a godsend for a lot of wordpress bloggers. I wouldn't be surprised if wordpress incoporate this or something similar into future versions of wordpress.

I feel the same way! Sounds kind of too good to be true. I rather upgrade the old fashioned way too. But if this plugin will make my life easier...

Has anyone actually tested this.. I've got a crap load of plugins, and have been nervous about upgrading.

That's wonderful! I compltely messed up my blog a few months ago, trying to upgrade myself.. how sad. Glad this plugin does the dirty work!

Will try it out......