InstantUpgrade video
Alex Günsche · February 12, 2008
How cool is that! Jim from The Kaizen Business has created a screencast of a WordPress upgrade with the InstantUpgrade plugin and posted it on YouTube. Enjoy! 
Archive for February, 2008
InstantUpgrade: 1.0 beta
Alex Günsche · February 11, 2008
Changelog for this page:
- 14.02.08, 00:16 CET: beta2 uploaded, download links updated.
- 15.02.08, 22:07 CET: 1.0 beta2 has now been put on the official Instant Upgrade page, v0.2 has been moved. This page is now obsolete.
- 16.02.08, 10:44 CET: Moved the comments to the new page, too.
The popular InstantUpgrade plugin has become one of the most popular WordPress plugins — even though it is not too easy to use. The next version of InstantUpgrade will hopefully be as popular as the current one, but it is much easier to use!
How come? InstantUpgrade does now offer the possibilty to transfer files via FTP, with the blog owner’s FTP account data. So, you do no longer have to make all WordPress files writable, and you don’t need a chmod procedure once you want to get rid of the plugin. Simply insert the FTP account data, and you are ready to upgrade.
Attention: This version of the plugin is a beta release. If you want to play safe, please use the older, but extensively tested version. This beta release is for experienced users!
Please note: Upgrading a web application is a critical task. Of course we did our best to create a stable and careful software. Still, please be sure to have working backups. If you encounter problems with this beta version, leave a comment on this page. Please consider coming back for a donation. You’ll support our efforts and receive a backlink. Have problems unpacking archives? Try the latest 7zip. As soon as the plugin is installed and the configuration is done, you can go to Manage » InstantUpgrade and perform the actual upgrades. Please: If you use this beta release, come back and tell us if you were successful, and if not, what errors you encountered. Thank you.
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Money, money, money
Alex Günsche · February 4, 2008
Developing decent software is very time consuming. Software development is not only programming, but it’s also thinking, trying, testing, rejecting/reimplementing, discussing, researching, supporting, bug fixing. It’s a whole lot of work! Still, we love to give them away for free. However, as software development takes time and effort, you might want to donate some money, if you got a valuable piece of software for free.
Donate and get a backlink
Well, here’s a deal: You continue having fun with our plugins, downloading them for free, sharing and modifying them. However:
If you like our software, please consider coming back to donate some bucks via PayPal. If you do so, you will not only raise our motivation to improve our free tools, but you will also get a backlink to your website. Simply submit a donation via the form in the upper right of this page, and your will be automatically added to the donations cloud! (Please also read the information behind the link “How does it work?”.)
A big “thank you” goes to easywordpress for this simple yet fine idea, and especially for the first donation we’ve ever got for our plugin work. If you are a developer yourself, you might want to have a look at the Donations Cloud plugin for WordPress.