Infographic – The Ultimate Guide to Upgrading WordPress
I’ve covered how to upgrade WordPress properly in the past on this blog, but WP Beginner has designed and published an interesting, well-designed infographic. For most people, they consider infographics rather pointless, unless they are completely followed and you have a background in the subject, but in this case, you will find it useful if you’ve never upgraded WordPress before.
It is simple to follow – start where it says “Start Your WordPress Upgrade” and finish after you’ve backed everything up and your site is working properly again.
You can view a preview of the infographic below or view the full/complete version by going to the WP Beginner post.
I’ve been pretty happy with this WordPress plugin:
Wordpress Automatic Upgrade allows a user to automatically upgrade the wordpress installation to the latest one provided by wordpress.org using the 5 steps provided in the wordpress upgrade instructions.
Version 1.2.5 | By Keith Dsouza
http://techie-buzz.com/wordpress-plugins/wordpress-automatic-upgrade-12-release.html
Yes, I’ve used that plugin before WordPress had its own system and I’ve found an off-site method. However, even when using a plugin like this, it is best that you upgrade plugins and ensure that everything has been backed up.