I just spent the last two hours upgrading WordPress and it went a little something like this:

Reading WordPress Upgrade Instructions. It keeps saying to backup your files but we all know what a pain in the butt that is.. So I think I’ll skip that step. Everything will be ok. It’ll never happen to me.

Uploading. Uploading. Uploading. It never ends! Why are there so many darn files? Done! YAY!

Run Upgrade PHP file. Everything appears to have gone smoothely… or so it says.

Reload page, getting the error: Sorry, no posts match your criteria. Um, excuse me?

Oh, I never deactivated my plugins before upgrading. Another step that it stressed I should do that I totally skipped because I think I’m special and nothing bad will happen to me. Deactivate plugins one by one until my entries reappear.

Start upgrading all plugins that are out of date. Get rid of a few that are taking up server space that I never use. I have my entries back and now I’m happy! Oh and now my e-mail works for getting comments.. so now I can actually reply to people who comment on here. Yay!

Lesson Learned? ALWAYS follow their instructions, even if it is something tedious like deactivating plugins or backing up databases. I did notice they have a”deactivate all plugins” link at the bottom of the Plugins page and I can’t really express how helpful that is! WordPress (or maybe my server?) is a little laggy when activating and deactivating plugins, so wow.. huge time saver there, people!

I’m done with WordPress tonight. I’m gonna go drag Gene to bed with me to cuddle. Haven’t had a lot of that over the last several nights because, well, let’s just say that I am pretty much gone as soon as my head hits the pillow at night. Sooo glad tomorrow is finally Friday!

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