Upgrade Your WordPress Sites Now to Avoid Losing It All

Some people have nothing better to do than ruin your day, hence the development of computer viruses and website hacking “worms”. There is a “worm” that is going around right now that attacks and corrupts older versions of WordPress blogs.

The simple solution is to upgrade to the newest version of WordPress, but before you do, spend a few minutes to backup your database. Now that sounds complicated and if you’re anything like me you are going to procrastinate backing up because it sounds like a lot of trouble, but it’s really not!

Just go to “install plugins” and search for the WordPress Database Backup plugin (wp-db-backup) and install it. If you have an older version of wordPress that requires manual plugin installs you can find the plugin here:

http://www.ilfilosofo.com/blog/wp-db-backup

Set the backup to be emailed you and go ahead and perform the backup! It literally only took me a minute. (For blogs with lots of posts it may take longer, but it’s all automatic.) I found this plugin in a newsletter from PotPieGirl. After her blog was hacked she was able to save her blog from destruction by using the files this plugin creates. Then she was kind enough to share her solution with her readers.

Now you’re ready to upgrade to the newest version of WordPress!

At the top of your admin panel you should have a box that says: WordPress 2.8.4 is available! Please update now. Click the link to upgrade and follow the instructions. It’s as simple as that!

If you have an older version of WordPress that requires manual upgrades, just go download the automatic upgrade plugin located here:

http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/wordpress-automatic-upgrade/

That’s it…you’re done. You thought it would be harder than that? With the new versions of WordPress they make all the mundane tasks that used to take forever SO MUCH EASIER!

Backup & upgrade today to protect your hard work & your peace of mind!