No. You don’t have to worry about updates. The reason you need to worry about updates erasing changes to a theme is because when a theme is updated to a new version in WordPress the entire theme directory is replaced. This means that all files are replaced with fresh copies which won’t have any of … Read more
At the moment, WordPress replaces core files when it updates. This will change in the future, but for now all core files get replaced, i.e. every file that comes with WordPress. This includes the default twenty ten theme. If you modify twenty ten you should save your modified theme with a different name. To do … Read more
Yes, you should apply this update. To elaborate: WordPress releases major core updates (ie. 4.4.x to 4.5.x) regularly, about 2-3 times each year. In between these they will also release minor updates (ie. 4.4.1 to 4.4.2). The major updates typically introduce new functionality, enhance current functionality, and address non-critical bugs. The minor updates typically address … Read more
You’re damned if you do, and you’re damned if you don’t. But it’s typically better to “do”. I have been working in WordPress support and development for a number of years now – and I can certainly say it’s much better to keep everything up to date. Wait a little bit (2 weeks or so) … Read more
It turns out that the ThemeWoot Emulate theme registers and enqueues a common.css file with the key of common in it’s themewoot.php (which is being included in functions.php). This key is apparently conflicting with a wp-admin script being registered with the same common key, and so, instead of including Emulate’s common.css, it’s enqueuing and injecting … Read more
Both wp-includes and wp-admin folders contain core files of WordPress. You should never modify any of them, because it is crucial for WP to be able to change these folders during updates. Almost the same is true for all WP files placed in root folder – wp-config.php is the only file that WP won’t overwrite … Read more
In addition to having the same name, I think it checks the folder name first for updates. You should also change your folder name if you are planning to distribute publicly, or if this is private, you can exclude it from update checks: http://markjaquith.wordpress.com/2009/12/14/excluding-your-plugin-or-theme-from-update-checks/. It would still probably be better to make the names in … Read more
Short answer: yes you can upgrade your plugins via FTP. Download the new version of the plugin. Disable the plugin you are about to update. Upload files over the top of the plugin. Re-enable plugin If the plugin is written well stats, settings and options should remain intact. As Rarst has already mentioned the automated … Read more
It seems as if the hook personal_options_update might be what you’re looking for. add_action( ‘personal_options_update’, ‘my_custom_func’ ); function my_custom_func( $user_id /* if you need that */ ) { … }
I use XAMPP myself, but WAMP isn’t much different. I’ll bet you have not enabled the curl module. WordPress can use other methods (streams and fsockopen) as a fallback, but these may be disabled by default as well in a stock install. Curl is preferred and easy to enable. Close WAMP Go your the \bin\php\version … Read more