Upgrading WordPress

1. Deactivate Plugins
2. Back up DB
mysqldump -u[username] -p[password] –opt datanamename > databasename.sql

3. copy wordpress folder
cp wordpress wordpress.save

4. download latest wordpress and extract
http://Wordpress.org

5. delete wordpress folder
rm -rf wordpress

4. upload new word press folder

6. Run upgrade program
http://example.com/wordpress/wp-admin/upgrade.php

You will have to create a new wp-config.php file during upgrade,
Look at your old config file for the correct settings.

cat wordpress.save/wp-config.php

7. Go to admin screen and set the theme to the default theme

http://example.com/wordpress/wp-admin

8. View site.

9 Copy over Themes

cp wordpress.save/wp-content/themes/* wordpress/wp-content/themes

10. Copy over Plugins

cp wordpress.save/wp-content/plugins/* wordpress/wp-content/plugins

11. Set theme to normal theme

12. Activate Plugins.

13. Edit wordpress config file
and change the following variables to something complicated.
here are some examples
define(’AUTH_KEY’, ‘:dr+ytru%/5V4sAUG-gg%aS*v;&xGhd%{YKC^Z7KKGh j>k[.Nf$y7iGKytutrdJ3c*[Kr5Bg');
define('SECURE_AUTH_KEY', 'TufWOuA _.t>#+hA?^|3RfGTm>@*+S=8ytruytu\"\'+\"}] define('LOGGED_IN_KEY', 'Styut~AACm4h1;T^\"qW3_8Zv!Ji=y|)~5i63JI |Al[(

If this does not work to put things back..

1. Remove wordpress folder
rm -rf wordpress
2 Copy saved wordpress folder back
cp wordpress.save wordpress
3. drop database using PhpMyadmin
4. Reload database
mysql -u[user] -p[password] datanamename < databasename.sql