Title: Easy Upgrade Path from Old WP to Current WP
Last modified: August 20, 2016

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# Easy Upgrade Path from Old WP to Current WP

 *  [pubwvj](https://wordpress.org/support/users/pubwvj/)
 * (@pubwvj)
 * [13 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/easy-upgrade-path-from-old-wp-to-current-wp/)
 * The number one feature I would like to see in WordPress is an easy way to upgrade
   a very old WordPress such as 2.0.2 or even 1.0 to the latest and greatest WP.
   I have one blog that is very old. I maintain it for historical purposes – it’s
   an informational blog. Not commercial so there’s no money to put in the effort
   of the difficult path to upgrade to 3.4.1. If there were an easy way to upgrade
   WP2.0.2 to 3.4.1 I would do it in a minute. But that is about how long it needs
   to take.

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 *  [esmi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/esmi/)
 * (@esmi)
 * [13 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/easy-upgrade-path-from-old-wp-to-current-wp/#post-2906969)
 * I honestly don’t think that’s ever going to happen. The problem is that, when
   you have a really old version of WordPress, you have to make hell of a lot of
   database changes in order to upgrade to 3.4. Taken in small batches, these changes
   are fine. But try to roll them all together into one humongous upgrade that takes
   place over an extended time period (compared to a 1 version upgrade) and you 
   are just asking for something to hiccup. End result: one seriously trashed database.
 *  Thread Starter [pubwvj](https://wordpress.org/support/users/pubwvj/)
 * (@pubwvj)
 * [13 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/easy-upgrade-path-from-old-wp-to-current-wp/#post-2906979)
 * Yes, I understand that. What I’m suggesting is the WP team tackle this. Automate
   the process of making all those little upgrades to backup the old and then bring
   it up to the new version.
 * Saying you honestly don’t think it will happen isn’t helpful. I was simply giving
   feedback and making a suggestion.
 * Unwatched.
 *  [esmi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/esmi/)
 * (@esmi)
 * [13 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/easy-upgrade-path-from-old-wp-to-current-wp/#post-2906981)
 * I’m not sure you understood the point I was trying to make. It’s not possible
   without a serious risk of destroying your database.
 *  [michael.mariart](https://wordpress.org/support/users/michaelmariart/)
 * (@michaelmariart)
 * [13 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/easy-upgrade-path-from-old-wp-to-current-wp/#post-2907093)
 * If you really have to, I’d suggest downloading the various releases available
   in the [archives](http://wordpress.org/download/release-archive/) and applying
   them one-by-one until you get up to the current version.
 * As Esmi has said, your database is the biggest concern when you’re coming from
   a very old version, so be sure to creat backups of your files AND your database
   before each upgrade. That way if (in reality WHEN) a problem occurs, you’ll be
   able to revert back to the last stable version of your site.
 * If you really want to do this be prepared for it to take a long time to do. This
   is not something that you can rush at all.
 * There is also the other option of creating a new installation of the current 
   software and doing a manual cut-and-paste of all of the old content into the 
   new version. That would pretty much take the same time or less depending on how
   much content that you have.

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