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WordPress 3.4 upgradation creates new problems, issues !!

Now that WordPress 3.4 Green is out, everybody can see a upgrade notification on the top of admin backend. Before clicking that link for auto update, let’s see some of the problems, bugs, issues those are reported by users who has already upgraded.

If you Google a bit, you can find that: wordpress 3.4

  • Header problems after Upgrade to WP 3.4 and Weaver 1.1
  • WordPress 3.4 – Image align problem
  • Trying to troubleshot image caption issue
  • Incompatibility with qTranslate plugin
  • WordPress upgrade 3.4 and now no Akismet stats
  • WP upgrade 3.4 broke my page templates
  • WordPress 3.4 Upgrade Error with Database Reloaded Plugin
  • SleekPhoto Slider Not Working After WordPress 3.4 update
  • Can’t login after upgrade WP 3.4
  • Mail problem After wp 3.4

And lot more like these…..

Is the new WordPress Green has Bugs,defects ??(Ans: may be , may be not) Why is it breaking my site’s design, site’s functionalities ??

So the answer to all these above problems is precautions and backups before upgrading the WordPress to latest. WordPress always warns you to “please back up your database and files” before upgrading to the latest version of WordPress. Out of 100%, let’s say.. 1% or less is the chance that the new WP version might have problems, others are due to incompatibility with plugins and themes.

Remember these points before upgrading to newer version of WordPress.

WordPress Before Upgrade Checklist:

1- Check your Theme and Plugins for compatibility with WordPress 3.4

Try to ensure that your current theme and plugins are compatible with the newer version of WordPress. Visit these links to check Theme Compatibility and Plugins Compatibility. If the theme and plugins are not compatible, then update to latest versions of Theme and Plugins.

2- Disable and/or Remove Old Plugins:

Go through your Plugins list and get rid of the Plugins you don’t use any more. Remove them from your server. If there are Plugins which are not compatible with the new version, check for updates and install them. If there are no updates, look for alternatives.

3- Validate your Theme:

If you have been tweaking with your WordPress Theme, take time to run it through a validator to ensure that it still works and there is nothing left broken. See the Validating a Website article in the WordPress Codex for help. http://www.w3.org/QA/Tools/

4- Take Backup of everything:

  • Backup your database using tools like PhpMyAdmin, Adminer etc.. Several plugins can be used to backup: WP DB Manager , X-Cloner Backup
  • Back up ALL of your files in your WordPress directory and your .htaccess file. Typically, this process involves using an FTP program to download ALL your WordPress files from your host to your local computer. Use  BackWPUp plugin to backup your whole site.
  • Ensure that the backups are usable and kept in a safe,secure place.
  • Never Delete these files:

    • wp-config.php file;
    • wp-content folder; Special Exception: the wp-content/cache and the wp-content/plugins/widgets folders should be deleted.
    • wp-images folder;
    • wp-includes/languages/ folder — if you are using a language file do not delete that folder;
    • .htaccess file — if you have added custom rules to your .htaccess, do not delete it;
    • robots.txt file–if your blog lives in the root of your site (ie. the blog is the site) and you have created such a file, do not delete it.

5- Now, if everything is in place, go and upgrade wordpress to version 3.4 Green.

Check the whole site if everything is working fine. 🙂 However, this does not mean everything is guaranteed to go smoothly. Even if most of the sites experience no issues with an upgrade, there is always some sites that can experience small problems.

For troubleshooting

, check your theme files, plugins files.

  • Try disabling the current theme and enable TwentyEleven theme.
  • Disable plugins and enable one by one to check which plugin is causing issue.
  • Visit respective plugin support forums on WordPress website. WordPress Support Forum
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    Latest news !! WordPress 3.4.1 is out with lots of fixes and patches

    On June 27, 2012, WordPress 3.4.1 was released to the public. This is a maintenance and security update.

    This maintenance release addresses 18 bugs with version 3.4, including:

    • Fixes an issue where a theme’s page templates were sometimes not detected.
    • Addresses problems with some category permalink structures.
    • Better handling for plugins or themes loading JavaScript incorrectly.
    • Adds early support for uploading images on iOS 6 devices.
    • Allows for a technique commonly used by plugins to detect a network-wide activation.
    • Better compatibility with servers running certain versions of PHP (5.2.4, 5.4) or with uncommon setups (safe mode, open_basedir), which had caused warnings or in some cases prevented emails from being sent.

    Additionally: Version 3.4.1 fixes a few security issues and contains some security hardening. These issues were discovered and fixed by the WordPress security team:

    • Privilege Escalation/XSS. Critical. Administrators and editors in multisite were accidentally allowed to use unfiltered_html for 3.4.0.
    • CSRF. Additional CSRF protection in the customizer.
    • Information Disclosure: Disclosure of post contents to authors and contributors (such as private or draft posts).
    • Hardening: Deprecate wp_explain_nonce(), which could reveal unnecessary information.
    • Hardening: Require a child theme to be activated with its intended parent only.

    Source: http://codex.wordpress.org/Version_3.4.1

Comments

9 responses to “WordPress 3.4 upgradation creates new problems, issues !!”

  1. Suraj Bhatti Avatar

    I still haven’t upgraded my wordpress fearing that it might break my website!
    I will do it in a few days though!

  2. Edgar Avatar

    You spend weeks tweaking your themes and plugins only to be told they don’t work anymore. Just “find alternatives”. Upgrades are supposed to make life easier, not harder. I was working on a website and upgraded it, ALL of the plugins and new themes did not work, too much memory.

    My advice, don’t upgrade until they solve these issues!

    1. Subharanjan Avatar

      Edgar, Yes if the wordpress doesn’t contain any urgent Vulnerabilities and Security Fixes/Patches… then its completely ok to keep the current wp version till you figure out some ways to make your theme & plugin compatible with latest wordpress version.

  3. nauval Avatar

    I can’t find my virtual robots.txt after upgrading to wordpress 3.4.1 . Do you have the same problem?

    1. Subharanjan Avatar

      I have never faced this issue before.. Are you using any plugin to generate this robot.txt file ?

  4. Art Lane Avatar

    Watch out for WP 3.4.2 upgrade.

    All dashboard access is lost after upgrade finishes.

    I’m running php v5.2.17, mySQL5 on a shared 1and1 server. Never experienced any problems with 3.4.1, but access to admin features bia dashboard have come to a screeching halt.

    As usual, the moderators at WP are blaming this on themes or plugin incompatibilities.

    1. Art Lane Avatar

      UPDATE TO MY WARNING.

      I manually updated WP to 3.4.2 successfully. It appears that the automatic update via the dashboard link did not take. I have no idea why it did not, but the problem replicated itself on 3 different WP installations. The only thing I can say is to manually update via FTP if you have a dashboard access problem after ugrading to 3.4.2.

  5. margie Avatar
    margie

    I had just upgraded to 3.4 and encountered lots of problems. Do you have any remedies?

    1. Subharanjan Avatar

      There is no easy and quick remedies for this… Keep cool and follow the suggestions given by users who have faced this type of situations already. Keep backup. Always

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