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  Bill Lingle

  1 year ago

  Thank you so much for this post. I too "stumbled" upon this upgrade plugin but I was sure it wouldn't work on GoDaddy. Honestly I was afraid I would screw something up. But after reading your post I'm going to give it a try.
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  Luke @ Money & Fitnes Blog

  1 year ago

  Good tip. After backing up Wordpress, I am going to give this a try! Thanks for the help and I hope that it works well. As you said, Godaddy did help me setup Wordpress but I am not on my own.
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  Danny

  8 months ago

  If above doesn't work, try this. This is the last option upgrade.
  
  1) Back up Wordpress MySQL DATABASE!
  2) Delete all Wordpress files in directories, except "wp-content" folder & contents within that folder!!!
  --Once all set, wait about 15 minutes for GoDaddy to refresh--
  3) Setup new MySQL database for the new Wordpress you're about to install.
  4) Reinstall Wordpress from scratch. Do not restore/import the MySQL Database yet!
  5) Setup Wordpress options, (ie previous theme, update & activate plug-ins, PERMALINK SETTINGS)
  --Once all set, wait about 15 minutes for GoDaddy to refresh--
  6) Restore MySQL Database into the new database (step #3)
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  Tool

  7 months ago

  I've been with GoDaddy hosting for 2 years now and they've been great. Server uptime has been 99.8% and speeds are incredible. Rarely have I used their support system, when I do response times vary from 1 - 7 hours which is great.
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  wotlk guide

  7 months ago

  Thanks, I've been looking for a step-by-step guide for upgrading wordpress on GoDaddy for quite some time now.
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  Hawaii Rental Guy

  7 months ago

  Yes the wordpress automatic update plugin is amazing, i use it on all my wordpress blogs. If simplifies things so much!
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  Linkvana

  5 months ago

  I personally hate Godaddy for hosting, Cpanel is the only way to fly.
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  accord

  5 months ago

  I use the plugins too, but I don't use godaddy hosting anymore
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  Jordans

  5 months ago

  Wow that was pretty easy, I kind of hate how they run their business but thanks for this, it was real easy.
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  thoriynn

  5 months ago

  Nice and clean explanation, thanks. Sometimes upgrading Wordpress can be very tricky and desesperating !
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  Download_Free_Software

  5 months ago

  Why you don't use zirona plugin, without hassle, upgrading wordpress is very smooth :D
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  Shudogg Marketing

  4 months ago

  You have got it easy with GoDaddy. With 1and1, you have to include an ini file to upgrade to php5 and also add another file to the wp-admin folder. it ends up working fine after that, but we shouldn't have to mess with all that!
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  steve

  4 months ago

  im getting intrested in godaddy and using wordpress ,thanks for the step by step guide,it might prove helpful
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  Six Pack Pete

  4 months ago

  Nice tips thanks a bunch, was getting frustrated with GD then found this great guide
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  Social Media Services

  4 months ago

  I prefer to use wordpress plugins to upgrade rather than doing manual stuff!!
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  Rich Dad

  3 months ago

  I use the automatic upgrade plugin
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  Pharmacists

  2 months ago

  Thanks for your works
  it's good methods for whom don't have Cpanel host and curl ,
  but who have cpanel and special staff for upgrade , wp can be automatic upgrding
  Thanks
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  Trivia

  2 months ago

  I have always struggled with various tasks on G0-Daddy Hosting. Thanks for the heads-up.
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  sam

  2 months ago

  Thants an excellent tutorial. Isant that tought too. Only think you need to see is that you dont screw the original database. Cos thats the thing which contains all your posts comments and stuff.
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  Grupo Mayan

  1 month ago

  Good tip! I am going to give this a try! Thanks for the help.
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  NFL Jerseys

  1 week ago

  Awesome news. I can't wait to get to work on this.
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  michaeljacksonconspiracy

  6 days ago

  Godaddy drive me nuts. They seem to have a knack of making this more complicated that they should be.
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  Shared web hosting

  4 days ago

  This is a very good tutorial. Keep up the good work.
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  paco

  2 days ago

  Great tutorial.Thanks for sharing
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  cicurug

  1 day ago

  thank for you tricks
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