Recently I have Wordpress version to 4.9.4 and my existing website was running on 4.7.4.
My Query is Display Posts Shortcode plug-in is compatible up to 4.8.4. If I update to WordPress version 4.9.4 does it create any issues.?
Having WordPress plugin incompatible with WordPress versions often create unnecessary issues.
It would be better to wait for the new version of the plugin that is compatible with the new version of the WordPress.
You can also check the Github Documentation of that plugin if it is available on Github or raise a ticket on their website.
Hope this might help.
usually no major changes accrue in core files of wordpress when you update to newer version and it always work fine but it is recommended to have a database backup before updating to new version.
Well written plugins rarely break with a new version of WordPress. I generally install new versions of WordPress as soon as they are released.
That said, the best practice is to install the new version of anything (WordPress core, plugins, themes) on a test version of your site before installing on your live site.
Also, you should have reliable backups in place, and know how to restore from them quickly if you run into any issues.
Answer as too long for comment:
Most plugins are compatible with later WP versions than "tested to" indicates. Plugin authors (including me) do not spend time modifying the "tested to WP version" whenever a new version of WP is released; but only update this detail when they make changes to the code.
Normally the best place for an answer should be at the the plugin's support forum but as the author failed to reply to a query about compatibility with 4.9.1 you'll probably get no help there.
Educated guess is that it is compatible. Plugin has over 100k users, but other than this question (user does not identify WP version, no author response, maybe user specific?) the support forum has no recent posts about the plugin being broken; and later posts with questions about functionality are by people using WP 4.9.4 implying it is working for them.
If I was in your shoes (and didn't have a separate test site) I would risk the Wordpress update. Additionally for security it is always wise to have an up to date version of Wordpress (4.7.4. known vulnerabilities).
Related
I'm using wordpress 4.7.1 version, also i'm using contact form 7, download moniter and email before download plugins to capture details of downloaded pdf/video files. It seems that wordpress 4.7.1 version is not compatible with this plugins; that's why I want to downgrade my wordpress version but i'm afraid of post data and page data will vanish. I never ever done this thing before, please guide me throughout!
I am using Google Language Translator on my wordpress website. I noticed that there is a new version since a few days ago.
But the plugin is no longer in the Wordpress plugin repository.
Why is this? Does it mean it has security problems?
Should I take it off?
(creator of plugin: http://studio88design.com/wordpress-plugins/google-language-translator/)
After release of version 5.0.11, the author (that's me) had his Wordpress.org account hacked, which prompted Wordpress.org to de-list the plugin temporarily. However, Wordpress and the developer worked out the issues and the plugin has been relisted.
Most current version is 5.0.22 at time of this answer.
https://wordpress.org/plugins/google-language-translator/
Recently I got to know that my Wordpress site is automatically updating itself when a new version of Wordpress is available. I know that this automatic feature is available in
Wordpress since sometimes back. But I have some questions about this
1) Can this be risky in any case?
2) Doesn't it a matter the way how we have installed Wordpress? (e.g plugins and security settings)
3) Does Wordpress have a way to recover our website if anything happen?
4) Don't they keep any backup before do the update?
Could you please give me your answers to the above?
I'll answer each of your questions to the best of my knowledge:
1) Can this be risky in any case?
The automatic updates are mostly security updates. Though you can never be 100% sure it doesn't break anything, security updates don't deprecate functions or change much on how the CMS works. This means that nearly every plugin and theme can still use the same functions without issue.
2) Doesn't it a matter the way how we have installed Wordpress? (e.g plugins and security settings)
This ofcourse matters, to some extend. But if a site is working in Wordpress 3.8.3, it will still work in Wordpress 3.8.4. If a site however uses functions that will be deprecated, you might have problems when upgrading from 3.8 to 3.9. However, major updates aren't done automatically, and still need to be done manually, giving you the opportunity to make a backup beforehand.
3) Does Wordpress have a way to recover our website if anything happen?
No, it doesn't. You CAN however turn of the automatic updates. But, as stated at question 1, the risks aren't very big with the security updates.
4) Don't they keep any backup before do the update?
No they don't. It is your own responsibility to keep backups of your website.
I hope this answers your questions. If something is unclear, please let me know in the comments, and I'll look into it for you.
If your themes and plugins use functions from Codex then I think your are much safer. Make sure the plugins and themes are using functions to get directories and URI's through functions defined by Codex, what I mean to say is:
use: get_template_directory_uri();
instead of xyz.com/wp-content/themes or even home_url('/wp-content/themes'); and other things like that.
yes sometime it can create a mess and it won't allow to admin to login.
most command questions asked are
Can't login after automatic update
login failed after wordpress update.
here is a very quick fix for all of them.
http://onl9class.com/solved-cant-login-after-wordpress-update/
Here is all answer of your questions, please check below:
1. Can this be risky in any case?
The automatic updates are good for security purpose but some times it will break our function work in website because some plugin developer will not update own code according to wp updates so it would be good you can manually updates all things after checking plug-ins compatibility with new version.
2. Doesn't it a matter the way how we have installed Wordpress?
No it always matter, because some times wordpress core developer changes the function and they will be depreciate in new version so it would be good, always take backup of website and manually do the updates.
3. Does Wordpress have a way to recover our website if anything happen?
No, but you can install wp plugin and schedule it to take backup in each week.so you can at-least get the latest backup of website. I always use the back up plugin in my websites.
4. Don't they keep any backup before do the update?
No they don't take backup of website. but wp always show notification when you start update please take backup.
Thanks
My question relates to this post here (Fishpig's Wordpress):
Full Magento / Wordpress integration
I've installed this plugin and almost everything is working well. I've been trying to run wordpress plugins within the blog, but these were not showing up. No issues on the installation process.
Are there any further steps I have to take or is it generally not possible?
It's generally not possible is the short answer to that I'm afraid. In full integration mode your Wordpress themes and plugins will not function as they normally do as the whole thing is running through Magento.
All in One SEO will work, support for it has been added to the Magento module. Fishpig has produced a couple of additional Magento modules which can be installed and will support additional Wordpress plugins. Indeed, this is a way for them to monetise the work that's gone into it all, so I am hoping there will be more on the way. I've got the Next Gen plugin which works well, I can recommend that. There's also a Pinterest plugin and Advanced Custom Fields;
http://fishpig.co.uk/wordpress-integration-pinterest-rss-widget.html
http://fishpig.co.uk/wordpress-integration-advanced-custom-fields.html
http://fishpig.co.uk/wordpress-integration-nextgen-gallery.html
To have a fully functional Wordpress site you will have to set it to semi integration mode and do a matching Wordpress theme I'm afraid.
There are already several questions with a similar title, but they received either no answers, or the answers were too specific.
I would like to integrate a blog into a website, so that content can be updated using a simple interface, e.g. from a wordpress/blogger/... account. I find the solutions with iframe cumbersome and unprofessional and I am not sure that modding a wordpress/blogger/... theme gives satisfactory results either, plus, I am not fond of running a whole wordpress engine on my website.
I build my light-weight websites from scratch (in gedit, Notepad for Linux), so I am not tied to any particular system or software and have full control over the layout.
Do you have any suggestions for achieving a satisfactory solution? Will I have to learn ASP.NET and IIS?
Many thanks.
WordPress is a good solution for your system. It's easy to install and use.
Requirements from WordPress Codex:
WordPress server requirements for Version 3.2:
o PHP version 5.2.4 or greater
o MySQL version 5.0.15 or greater
o (Optional)(Required for MultiSite) Apache mod_rewrite module (for clean URIs known as Permalinks)
It is also required that you install it on Apache. So, no need to learn ASP.NET and IIS.
If you want to have a blog, just pust the wordpress files in a folder called blog and install it there. You will then be able to access the website from yourdomain.com/blog/
Perhaps, I think integrating WP will be the best solution.. Integrating WordPress.
And for the IIS alternative, ChiliASP can be an alternative for IIS on Linux, but costs $$$ and I heard it wasn't working well. Alternative to that, learn PHP/MySQL. You'll never regret learning it, and you'll never go back to IIS/ASP. Linux/GNU opens doors like you wont beleive.