Upgraded to WordPress 2.0

So far so good…

If everything looks the same, then that’s a good thing. You shouldn’t notice any changes.

Here are the steps I took:

  1. Deactivated my plugins.
  2. Copied my old Wordpress directory down to my machine.
  3. Copied my old Wordpress directory into a new directory on the server.
  4. Backed up my blog database to a SQL script.
  5. Created a new database.
  6. Updated wp-config.php in my new Wordpress directory to point to this new database.
  7. Restored my old database over the new one I created in Step 4.
  8. Downloaded Wordpress 2 and follow instructions to delete files and copy over files.
  9. Run WordPress 2 upgrade script in new directory.
  10. Renamed my original Wordpress directory (which my domain points at) to something else.
  11. Renamed my new Wordpress directory to what my old Wordpress directory was called.
  12. Reactivated my plugins.
  13. Done.

Be sure to keep your backups!

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