Tag: wordpress
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Upgrading to WordPress 6.4.2
I run self hosted WordPress sites, like this one, and was performing the update to 6.4.2 and the first site went fine and all the remaining sites failed a manual update. The error message was:“Could not copy file.: wordpress/wp-admin/includes/update-core.phpInstallation failed.” I vaguely recalled that occasionally problems happened and downloads are partially stuck and the files…
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Why Use WordPress
Why use WordPress in a classroom and for production websites? Well, one reason is that one in four websites is now powered by WordPress. The milestone figure doesn’t represent a fraction of all websites that have a CMS: WordPress now powers 25 percent of the Web. The latest data comes from W3Techs, which measures both…
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How to convert an entire MySQL database character set and collation to UTF-8?
I found myself in need of upgrading a number of older wordpress sites to change from the old latin1_swedish_ci to UTF-8, both the character set and collation. I utilized a command line SQL prompt to accomplish this. Modify the appropriate parameters “test” for your database, and “yourpasswordhere” with your password, ymmv, and have fun. I am…
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WordPress 3.3 “Sonny”
Posted on WordPress.org, December 12, 2011 by Matt Mullenweg. Filed under Releases. The latest and greatest version of the WordPress software — 3.3, named “Sonny” in honor of the great jazz saxophonist Sonny Stitt — is immediately available for download or update inside your WordPress dashboard. WordPress has had over 65 million downloads since version…
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How To Optimize Your WordPress Database
I am looking at a number of WordPress plugins to optimize my databases. I did run across the WordPress method of optimizing a database. First backup your database. http://yourdomain.com/wp-admin/maint/repair.php Click on the Repair Database button to have WordPress internally executes two SQL queries on each WordPress database table: CHECK TABLE and REPAIR TABLE Click on…