WordPress 2.5 available in the One-Click Installer!
Posted (March 29th, 2008 at 11:25 am PST) by Jason CCongrats to the WordPress team on shipping one of the biggest updates in recent memory, WordPress 2.5. They’ve completely refreshed the admin interface with the help of Happy Cog and while it might take a little getting used to, it certainly feels a lot nicer. More information on the release is available on the WordPress development blog and screenshots of the new interface can be found here.
The 2.5 update has been made available in the Advanced One-Click Installer and should be a fairly painless upgrade. If you’re itching to get your hands on it, go ahead and give it a spin as soon as you get a chance. We’ll be here if any questions come up, so feel free to file a ticket with our Support Team if you run into any major issues.
P.S. The update to the easy installer should be pushed thru between Monday, March 31st and Tuesday, April 1st. Sorry about the delay, but there are a few things that need to be done to make sure the upgrade goes smoothly for everyone.
P.P.S. If you wish to use the new plugin updater, you’ll need to temporarily disable “Extra Web Security” as there is a conflict with our current mod_security rules. Alternately, you can leave “Extra Web Security” turned on and update your plugins per their individual update instructions. This involves uploading them manually tho and can sometimes prove to be a bit of a hassle. We’ll try to have an update to our mod_security rules in the next few days tho and an update will be posted here when there’s a resolution to this issue.
72 Responses to “WordPress 2.5 available in the One-Click Installer!”
YAY, a new toy 
lol
i thought they delayed the stable release of 2.5 again. last time i checked there were about 300+ tickets to be reloved. if so then why is DH making it available for actual use?
This is the stable release, nataichera: http://wordpress.org/development/2008/03/wordpress-25-brecker/
You first DreamHost. Let’s see it work on the Easy Mode One-Click Installerooneys WordPresses
You might want to note that quite a few plugins may not be compatible with this release yet, and that they can check what is from here:
http://codex.wordpress.org/Plugins/Plugin_Compatibility/2.5
Although the list isn’t complete it’ll probably be helpful.
Not a big fan of the new backend. I’d recommend the Fluency Admin plugin, only for WP2.5
Awesome.
This will be my first upgrade using DH’s upgrade/installer. Where’s the best place to find directions to make this upgrade as smooth as possible? Or is it just a matter of deactivating plugins and upgrading inside DH?
Also, will I need to re-implement any modifications I’ve made to the theme I’m using?
Thanks!
Worked like a charm, thanks DS 
Also, will I need to re-implement any modifications I’ve made to the theme I’m using?
All of them.
Unless you’re running a bone stock installation, you’re better off doing the manual upgrade, which is very simple. The complete instructions are at wordpress.org and they’re very detailed, so you’d have to try really hard to mess something up.
Where’s the best place to find directions to make this upgrade as smooth as possible?
http://hostingheadaches.com/Tutorials/DreamHost/Upgrading_WordPress/
@Randy
I’ve upgraded WordPress (and other things) using the auto-update feature in the panel many times and it’s never effected my themes or plugins or anything like that. It’ll even backup the whole folder the program resides in to “whatever.old” if something went wrong (which i’ve never had happen). then you just upgrade the database if necessary (one click if needed) and you’re on your marry way…
no idea why others said you should do it manually … unless of course i’m just lucky or they aren’t trusting enough to try it 
Dope! I just installed WordPress on one of my sites yesterday, now its time to upgrade…
DH .. you should fix tha main problem with your sever then work with the other things … my website DOES NOT WORK it is down … so what can I do with Wordpress??
Go cry in a relevant post dumbass.
Are you saying they should leave the old version in place with security holes, because of an irrelevant problem? Think before typing next time.
By the way, they don’t have “a server” try way over 1000. Great idea though, just let them all go to hell because you’re on one with a problem.
Or go get your “money back” at http://dreamhost-classaction-lawsuit.com/refunds.php
sheepfuckers!
Thanks a lot guys!
1-click upgrade worked perfectly, as it always does in my experience.
Still some prep to do beforehand, though, like backup your database and deactivate all plugins. Worth spending a bit of time reading the relevant bits in the upgrade guide on the WordPress Codex:
I feel sad reading that WordPress is updated while my Dreamhost Private Server never worked since the first day. I’m on day 12 with my sites down and my data unavailable for download of transfer to another hosting.
Dreamhost sucks! Lets search for other hosts, any idea? I heard bluehost is pretty good.
Thanks,
Jimmy
either i’m just lucky, everyone else is unlucky, or just whiners but i’ve never had any real issues with dreamhost and i’ve been here over a year now …
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and only 3.5 times what i’m paying now! what a great deal
i’m dreamhost user,yesterday i used One-Click Installer, that blog looks like installed a new vision of wordpress 2.5,all mysql can’t use …
why?
i think this is a better for upgrading wordpress
http://techie-buzz.com/wordpress-plugins/urgent-wordpress-automatic-upgrade-update.html
I love one click installs! Great job dreamhost!
Thanks DS. But I installed my wordpress manually. Good luck on the other server problems
It’s so nice to know that you have plenty of time to upgrade wordpress, but leave a bunch of us without websites.
Good job !
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‘dreamhost sucks’ 131,000 RESULTS
GOOGLE SEARCH:
‘avoid dreamhost’ 91,400 RESULTS
Did either of you clueless assholes bother to check how many of those results were just from morons posting what you just posted, also thinking they were being clever? Mentioning those stats adds 1 to it each time, again showing how useless it is.
The fact that you spammed it in multiple posts tells me that you’re the same affiliate spammers that planted the cookies earlier, knowing you still get $100 from Hostgator if people go back and sign up.
Plus, you are intentionally lying:
“dreamhost sucks” = ~4,000, not 131,000
“avoid dreamhost” = 136 results, not 91,400. See the slight differences?
Of course, you already know that anyone stupid enough to consider that a real stat would be too stupid to confirm it.
Dreamhost is so much bigger than hostgator that it would be meaningless anyway. The percentages work in Dreamhost’s favor.
This would be really great news if the support page didn’t tell us to not use the service we are paying for.
That said, I did upgrade my test site to 2.5 earlier, went thru just fine.
Just to say thanks guys for adding this so quickly.
who gives a shit, fix the fucking server
go fuck yourself
fuck
some comment moderation would be greatly appreciated
There should be an IQ test before you’re allowed to purchase a keyboard.
Re: “There should be an IQ test before you’re allowed to purchase a keyboard.”
They could just turn off the comments and get the exact same results.
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‘dreamhost best hosting ever’ 354,000 RESULTS
http://forum.hostingheadaches.com/search.php?query=astonishinghost+sucks 100+
http://forum.hostingheadaches.com/search.php?query=dreamhost+sucks 9,000+
You first DreamHost. Let’s see it work on the Easy Mode One-Click Installerooneys WordPresses
DH is one of the first hosts with the auto install of 2.5. Ya I kow its not useful info if you’re sites are down.
WORDPRESS HACKED DREAMHOST!!!!
Hi wrote again a support ticket to dreamhost because of all my sites down (no, i’m not on blingy cluster, I’m in the other one that was down for a week some days ago)
This is the answer I got
Hello,
We’re terribly sorry about the problems you’ve experienced with your
site. Basically, we discovered a large scale attack on our servers,
related to a wordpress exploit. This exploit was being used by a large
network of spammers, causing the network links between your servers and
the outside world to become saturated.
We have fixed this issue, so service should be restored to normal. If
you’re still seeing problems, please let us know directly, and we’ll be
happy to look into it for you.
Thanks!
Brian
BUT TODAY ALL MY SITES ARE DOWN AGAIN. SO THAY HAVE BEEN DOWN AND UP FOR 9 OF THE LAST 12 DAYS!!!
This is a pity hosting, I have just get another hosting (no, it is not that spammy hostgator, that’s another pity) for just a $50 more a year. The only problem is that I have to move all my domains to there, but it will worth it.
wordpress toooooooooooooo slow………………….. on dream sucker from day one.
why sufer should wait 10 second to open dream sucker page????????????????????????????????
they are so sucking slow from a year ago.
My dreamhost private server, and all the sites on it, have been down all day (since around 9am PST). Put in a ticket 2-3 hours ago, and have received no response. It would be great to have an (unofficial) dreamhost status site that lets people experiencing downtime see whether others are having the same problem.
Bernie - I have the same problem, my sites have been down all day even after private server reset. I always check the DreamHostStatus.com comments (these) to see if anyone else is having problems and usually there we are… all upset.
This sucks.
Who also has files kidnapped by dreamhost?
I have limited access to my files in a Private Server and support says the problem is mine and everything is normal with the server. The downloads are with 3kbps.
This lasts almost a month, I’ve lost my credibility, customers and almost everything built over the years. Never could imagine that a hosting company could kidnap my files and pretend that all is well. A shame
Kidnapping: Did you run a traceroute between you and your site? That will usually show where the lag is. It could be a node between you and Dreamhost that is culprit and not necessarily Dreamhost. Usually, you’ll get either full access or no access with a hosting company. Simply having -slow- connectivity to one or more sites would probably be a fault with one of the many other non-Dreamhost systems your data must go through.
I opened an account a few months ago and have had nothing but problems, site down, unable to ftp, corrupt data, and worst of all no reply to support emails. support@dreamhost.com bounces so I have no way to contact you and to top it off you make this ludicrous comment: “Please remember, posting in the comments here IS NOT an official way to contact DreamHost.” Do you realise how arrogant and narrow minded this makes you look? No, didn’t think so.
Dreamhost is sick. Very sick. And the sickness isn’t faulty hardware or the network. IT IS THE STAFF. Yes YOU. You sitting there reading this are one of the culprits. I’m sure you are getting defensive, or angry, or deny it saying to yourself “I’m one of the good staff” or any number of reactions, instead of admitting to yourself that company has deep fundamental problems. These reactions are a sign that dreamhost, and you personally are mentally ill to one extent or another. You’ve constructed an emotional defense to the constant problems and resulting complaints. It’s a normal human reaction and everyone does it to some extent but when it continues unchecked it becomes an illness. And this type of illness is contagious.
I could write a book on this topic but I will give just one example, dreamhost reviews. Find any hosting review site and you will notice something striking about the user reviews. They are either glowing or scathing and almost nothing in between. The scathing reviews are from real dreamhost users. The glowing reviews are from dreamhost STAFF. If you are a staff member that has done this, YOU ARE MENTALLY ILL. Seek help. How do I know staff are writing these reviews? Because the hosting service is so bad it is all but impossible to be completely happy. The only person that could write a glowing review is either a staff member or someone with a financial interest. Oh thats right, the staff own the company.
I suspect that what I am saying will be way to confronting and you will be forced to delete this post. Go for it, but beware, because if you do delete it suggests what I am saying is true. It’s proof really. The way you react makes no difference to me. Believe it or not I am actually trying to help you and the company. I want dreamhost to be the great company it once was but I suspect the illness is terminal and only a miracle cure can save you. I’d love nothing more than to be proven wrong.
@ Rex,
Yes. Tracerout was run and no lags. I have almost 10 users on that PS, being my sign-up user the one that holds 90% of data. The others can login at the PS, see their directories, download at fast speed, while this one that holds most of data needs to wait ten minutes to change a directory using SSH.
It is not a connectivity problem. Thanks for replying.
Ah! Good old Elliott Back again - what’s truly “Sad But True” is that there are likely some who might confuse his pontifical rants with “reporting” and completely ignore the defective logic in his screed. Oh I don’t doubt that he could “write a book” (from reading his various DreamHost related rants, I suppose it could be half finished by now), but the ability to stream a huge amount of words onto the page should not be confused for talent, insight, or wisdom.
The internet makes it possible for any twit with a keyboard to represent themselves as anything they want to be, but a thing written is not true simply because some one bothered to put it to page. Poor reasoning, failed logic, and untruth won’t bear inspection any better for having been written and posted.
“The scathing reviews are from real dreamhost users. The glowing reviews are from dreamhost STAFF,” says Elliot. There alone is all you need to know about the voracity of this twit. He categorically makes a statement that he is unable to support with any objective evidence, and that is easily proved to be untrue.
Does anyone seriously doubt that there might be a reviewer who has had a good experience with DreamHost (warts and all) and might have said so? Not a one? Anyone who believes that to be true knows even less about human nature, and statistics, than they know about the history of DreamHost or the proclivities of internet posters/poseurs.
The facts are there for anyone who want to know what is really at play with Elliott … get your Google on and go read about his troubles when he “tangled” with DreamHost, and note the complete lack of technical understanding he evidenced when he failed to identify that he needed more than a shared server to do what he tried to do on his DreamHost account. If you do that, and you understand the technology of the web, then you will understand Elliott perfectly; if you don’t understand the realities of web hosting, then you probably wont, and no amount of explanation or discussion here is likely to change that. Last year. when this was “news”, I couldn’t help but notice that many commenting on Elliott’s blog article linked above recognized this pretty easily - but then given Elliot’s logic, since they don’t agree with him they *must* all be DreamHost staff and should therefore be disregarded, right? Right! 
Elliot’s beef is even older than “old news”; he’s just a bitter guy with an ax to grind and the continuing desire to drive traffic to his blog any way he can. Meh.
Yeah I know … Don’t feed the troll! Mea Culpa! I’ve just added my scribble to the toilet wall of the internet.
Oh Yeah! I forgot my “closing line”!
Of course, that poster *may not be “Elliot Black” at all*, but just a typical troll intimating he is “Elliot” by his link. My immediate assumption is that anyone reading blog comments is likely well aware of this, and so it didn’t need to be said … but from looking at the preceding comments. that might be giving the readers of these comment too much credit (it certainly would be true for many of the commentors!)
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is DH being hacked right now? because everything i have is out, and my site and email are on different servers but are both having problems…
Down yet again. I wonder if it’ll take 7 days to respond to my support ticket like last time.
SadButTrue writes “I opened an account a few months ago and have had nothing but problems, site down, unable to ftp, corrupt data, and worst of all no reply to support emails. support@dreamhost.com bounces so I have no way to contact you ”
Have you tried actually following the instructions and using the support request ticket system through the web-panel? They always have gotten to mine within a few hours. (Have they ever even said that contacting them through that e-mail address works?)
66, I have write down several tickets, and this is the reply I got from them
Hi there,
This is just a note to let you know that although it’s almost been
24 hours since you sent in your message, we haven’t forgotten about
you!
We strive to answer all questions within 24 hours, but due to the
large number of questions we have right now we’re afraid we may have
to go over a bit this time. 
Please hang in there and we’ll be getting back to you as quickly
as we possibly can!
Our apologies again, and we appreciate your understanding.
- The worst of all is that they don’t even bother in open a new post in the blog, because they still have one more open from 5 days ago. Shameless
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All my posts were deleted when I upgraded to 2.5. Ho hum.
That’s not likely, since the upgrade only overwrites files. Go look at your db with phpMyAdmin at mysql.yourdomain.com - or whatever you made the db hostname.
I had the same thing happen to me this morning… Send DH a ticket about it as it’s apparently an issue with the installer messing up the database…
Sorry I don’t know exactly how though….
TeraS
Thanks to those who responded to my question earlier, about this being my first upgrade. I finally got around to upgrading from 2.3.2 to 2.5 this morning …
Painless!
Bill #59, never send anyone over to Godaddy for hosting. Mucho problems over there.
Ok, now that you say your blingy problem is solved, how come my password does not work? I got a new Ip, emailed you for my password and you sent the correct password. IT DOES NOT WORK. THERE ARE TWO USER NAMES AND ONE IS NOT MINE. I EMAILED YOU THE RIGHT USER NAME AND YOU SEND ME A CONFIRMATION WITH THE OTHER USER NAME. DO YOU GUYS REALLY KNOW IF ONE HAND KNOWS WHAT THE OTHER IS DOING THERE? I HAVE LOST SO MANY PEOPLE ON MY GUEST BOOK BECAUSE OF THIS. I STILL CANNOT USE IT BECAUSE I CAN’T GET INTO IT. PLEASE FIX THIS OR TELL ME HOW TO FIX THIS. MAYBE WE ALL SHOULD GO TO ANOTHER GUEST BOOK HOST. I JUST DON’T KNOW WHICH IS BETTER RIGHT NOW.
I FEEL FOR ALL WHO ARE STUCK WITH PROBLEMS ON DREAMHOST. IT USED TO BE A GOOD THING. I HAVE HAD IT FOR 6 YEARS AND WAS HAPPY WITH IT UNTIL NOW!!!
Thanks for the post. Poznovatelno.
Good news if my website would work, but has been down during the last… 60 hours!