Comments on: Upgrade your sites to the latest WordPress in 35 seconds.

By: Brian

Brian — Fri, 15 Dec 2006 21:52:42 +0000

Ajay!
How in the world did I miss your comment? I’m sorry I didn’t respond in a timely fashion. I’ll make sure, when I update the script, that I post a link (and instructions) about how to download it.

Thanks for the suggestion…

By: Brian

Brian — Fri, 15 Dec 2006 21:49:04 +0000

Yeah, that’s a good point Llyod. I underestimated how many sites would have it installed that way when I wrote this.

I do have another version of the script that no longer has the problem. I was planning to release it with 2.0.5, but never posted the article. I’ll dig it up again and clean it up for the WordPress 2.0.6 release. It’s really much slicker. I’ve gained a bit more familiarity with the *nix shell since I first wrote this article.

Good to see ya!

By: Lloyd Budd

Lloyd Budd — Fri, 15 Dec 2006 21:13:33 +0000

Not being “wordpress” folder safe seems like a dangerous over site, even with your warning.

By: technozid » 30 million vulnerable Wordpress sites

technozid » 30 million vulnerable Wordpress sites — Tue, 12 Dec 2006 11:46:26 +0000

[...] If you have not updated your Wordpress, do so, and do it now! Brian has a very helpful script, that allows you to update Wordpress in 35 seconds. What are you waiting for? [...]

By: Raoul

Raoul — Tue, 31 Oct 2006 12:12:30 +0000

Hi Brian,

Thanks a bunch for the script! I used it and updated 7 of my sites to WP 2.0.5 in about 2 minutes. Even running the upgrade.php script was fast! Very nice!

By: WordPress 2.0.5 released » Solo Technology

WordPress 2.0.5 released » Solo Technology — Mon, 30 Oct 2006 20:54:36 +0000

[...] [Update] Got shell access and reasonably aware of how to use it? See Brian’s 35 second upgrade script article. Tags: blog, plugin, wordpress Possibly Related Posts: [...]

By: Doug Karr

Doug Karr — Mon, 30 Oct 2006 16:13:58 +0000

Nice job! I recently wrote an entry about ‘how-to’ upgrade easily. I’m going to take a deeper stab at your advice.

http://www.douglaskarr.com/2006/10/28/wordpress-upgrade205/

By: Ajay D'Souza

Ajay D'Souza — Sun, 29 Oct 2006 12:17:53 +0000

Brian,
do you have a download of the bash script you use?

By: Brian

Brian — Sun, 29 Oct 2006 02:08:17 +0000

> all the plugins are disabled
Actually, you don’t need to disable the plugins. I’ve confirmed this myself on the WP-Hackers list. No one there ever disables their plugins before the upgrades.

By: Joe

Joe — Sat, 28 Oct 2006 14:30:05 +0000

I use my FTP program to do that, but what takes so long, making sure everything is backed up, deleted and all the plugins are disabled. But thanks….

By: The Code Cave

The Code Cave — Sat, 28 Oct 2006 03:52:26 +0000

[...] If you think that it takes too long to upgrade, consider using my Upgrade your sites to the latest WordPress in 35 seconds. method and you’ll never have to worry about a lengthy update again! That’s how I updated The CodeCave. By Brian, October 27, 2006, 11:17 pm o’clock [...]

By: cindy

cindy — Wed, 02 Aug 2006 21:15:36 +0000

hmmm
hmmmmmm

Now, granted, I live on a unix installation, but to speed that up, I’d put together an expect script to do the telnet/ssh, call the script and get out. Then I could even have it loop if i had multiple installations and I’d enter the address of the next site for installation. The url call’s a different animal, though.

I used Mark on Wordpress’s diffed zip file, which is faster and doesn’t leave you in the insecure update mode, but if a wordpress installation is actually corrupted, your method works better.

And wouldn’t you know! My wordpress directory IS named wordpress!

By: Useless Knowledge Blog » Blog Archive » Wordpress Update

Useless Knowledge Blog » Blog Archive » Wordpress Update — Wed, 02 Aug 2006 20:45:06 +0000

[...] Ich empfehle jedem, das Update zu machen, die Sicherheitslücken in Wordpress 1.5 sollen nicht ohne sein. Vielleicht schafft ihr es ja in 35 Sekunden. [...]

By: technozid » Painless upgrade to new Wordpress

technozid » Painless upgrade to new Wordpress — Tue, 01 Aug 2006 20:29:52 +0000

[...] I was reluctant to upgrade my Wordpress 1.5.x to the most recent version because there were quite a lot of warnings given on the official site. Especially the part about backing up the SQL database made me postpone. However Brian just posted a reassuring explanation with a handy script, promising a painless Wordpress update in 35 seconds. Well, it took a bit longer for me since I had to adjust a few paths but - hey - it worked just fine! Welcome to Wordpress 2.4! Thanks Brian! [...]