Category Archives: autoMATTic

Follow up on WordPress Automatic Upgrade

Nov 17, 2009 – 9:02 am

I’ve now used the automatic upgrade feature in the self-hosted version of the WordPress software on a number of sites I manage, and for a number of upgrades, and it has functioned flawlessly. It is so much quicker than doing it manually via FTP since the automatic upgrade only upgrades the WordPress files that have [...]

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WordPress.ORG automatic upgrade

Oct 21, 2009 – 11:52 am

It wasn’t until just today that I felt confident enough to use the WordPress automatic upgrade for my self-hosted blog. I’ve been reluctant in the past due to reported problems, and have stuck to doing it manually. I’ve done it manually so many times that I can almost do it in my sleep.
This morning I [...]

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WordPress 2.8: coming soon to a blog near you

May 18, 2009 – 2:00 pm

I dropped into WordPress trac to see the progress on 2.8, which had earlier passed by a release date, and I can’t remember the last time I saw a version with fewer open tickets as a percentage of total tickets. Apparently they are working hard to get everything in and all the known bugs flushed.

I [...]

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