Simplify WP upgrade instructions
Removed a bunch of 4.6-era upgrade instructions that no longer apply.
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@colemanw this generally looks good and it is time to simplify.
I would add a note that one should locate the settigs file and that there are two places that they should look
<wordpress_root>/content-dir/uploads/civicrm/civicrm.settings.php
and<wordpress_root>/wp-content/plugins/civicrm/civicrm.settings.php
to locate this file. If it is in the latter location, then when they delete the plugin directory the settings file will be gone.So perhaps we should say:
CiviCRM needs to use the
civicrm.settings.php
file during the upgrade. Please locate yourcivicrm.settings.php
file. The default location is<wordpress_root>/content-dir/uploads/civicrm/civicrm.settings.php
. If the file is there, please proceed. If not, the settings file may be in its legacy location<wordpress_root>/wp-content/plugins/civicrm/civicrm.settings.php
. If you find it there, please move to<wordpress_root>/content-dir/uploads/civicrm/civicrm.settings.php
While this section is confusing, removing the section could lead to a failed upgrade if that file is in use.
Also, if you are using the
<wordpress_root>/wp-content/plugins/civicrm/civicrm/settings_location.php
file in your implementation, make a copy of this as well as you will need to restore it after upgrading.For clearing cached files, I'd note:
Delete all files in your
<wordpress_root>/<content-dir>/uploads/civicrm/templates_c
directory and if it exists, all files in<wordpress_root>/<content-dir>/plugins/files/civicrm/templates_c
I may have some sites that started with CiviCRM 4.2 that still have
/plugins/files/civicrm/templates_c
in use.... That's my laziness, but it can't hurt to leave that in.Thanks @kcristiano. Simplest workflow is probably for me to merge this & then you can do a followup MR with your additions.
mentioned in commit fa5c8aa0
mentioned in merge request !372 (merged)