Easiest way: Use mod_suphp instead of mod_php. This should just be a matter of using whatever ubuntu’s package manager is to remove mod_php and install mod_suphp instead. mod_suphp is a slightly modified version of mod_php. It does the same thing, but it sets the user of the apache process to be the same as the … Read more
That was not exactly change in code, that was change to better inform people they are not using the method correctly. In line with wpdb documentation you need to properly pass values, or they won’t be properly escaped in query. In your case it would turn into something like: $wpdb->prepare(“SELECT id, name FROM %s”, $table_name) … Read more
Check out the Codex on Upgrading Across Multiple versions. Regarding the upgrading steps, it says: If you plan on upgrading across more than two major releases, please consider upgrading incrementally to avoid potential conflicts and minimize the risks of database damage. For example, if you plan on upgrading from 2.5 to 4.1.1, upgrade to 2.7 … Read more
I had to write a little plugin to bypass the check – free to download and use. <?php /** * Plugin Name: Upgrade SSL Bypass * Description: The DB-Upgrade process for networks does not work if there’s an error with your SSL certificate. This plugin bypasses the check by disabling the verification in case of … Read more
I’ve edited the code a bit and this works on my localhost. Try it and let me know if it does the job. Be careful to edit your own admin role though. Or put in another condition to prevent updating your admin role in case of a use error. Edit: added ob_start() thanks to Mark … Read more
The virus part is going to be off-topic, but yes a fresh install is the way to go. What I would do to upgrade the site is: Backup everything– PHP and database Install the old site on a development server. Before running the site, replace all of the core files with new 2.8 ones from … Read more
You need to… … have your files and folders owned by your user. If you have sudo privies with your SSH access this should be easy to accomplish. sudo chown -R user ./wordpress_directory … have your files and folders, at least the ones in wp-content, in the same group as the web server. Otherwise you … Read more
I don’t have a definitive answer for you, but I had a quick look at some of the upgrade code and noticed that a very old upgrade function rewrites the post_name using the sanitize_title function, and that calls sanitize_title_with_dashes, and that contains this bit of code: if ( seems_utf8( $title ) ) { if ( … Read more
Considering that i) as @Tony Djukic put, “depends on how complicated the site is and how much of it is worth keeping around” ii) pain is something without an objective way of measuring iii) there will be some pain (and you acknowledge it). I say: just rip the Bandaid and go with option 2. Evaluate … Read more
I was using WordPress Multisite for multiple TLDs. Example: domain.com another-domain.org sample-domain.net The primary site was domain.com which was a valid registered domain name with proper DNS resolution. another-domain.org and sample-domain.net had both expired domain name registrations. A/K/A – The DNS wasn’t resolving properly. If you’ve got a WordPress Multisite setup similarly to mine, where … Read more