Title: Upgrade Request
Last modified: August 19, 2016

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# Upgrade Request

 *  [Jim Ferguson](https://wordpress.org/support/users/gotigersjf/)
 * (@gotigersjf)
 * [16 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/upgrade-request/)
 * Just a minor annoyance, but can we _please_ stop getting “Hello Dolly” installed(
   and re-installed) with every upgrade/patch?

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 *  [hpguru](https://wordpress.org/support/users/hpguru/)
 * (@hpguru)
 * [16 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/upgrade-request/#post-1276504)
 * Stupid plugin. I delete this plugin and WP default themes with every update.
 *  [Jacob Dunn](https://wordpress.org/support/users/spacemanspud/)
 * (@spacemanspud)
 * [16 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/upgrade-request/#post-1276584)
 * *bump
 * I have to second this request.
 *  [Em](https://wordpress.org/support/users/milkkore/)
 * (@milkkore)
 * [16 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/upgrade-request/#post-1276858)
 * Yes, please, it’s just annoying :/
 *  [cwulff](https://wordpress.org/support/users/cwulff/)
 * (@cwulff)
 * [16 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/upgrade-request/#post-1276859)
 * +1
 * Having it reinstalled over and over is simply annoying.
 *  Moderator [Samuel Wood (Otto)](https://wordpress.org/support/users/otto42/)
 * (@otto42)
 * WordPress.org Admin
 * [16 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/upgrade-request/#post-1276860)
 * Already in the works:
    [http://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/11538](http://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/11538)
 * My bet is that it’ll be made canonical, to demonstrate that new stuff.
 * BTW, you can vote for tickets on trac, to make them get more attention faster.
   To do it, look in the top right and click the Login link. Put in your wp.org 
   username and password. Then, just below that login link (under “View Tickets”),
   is a number with an up and down arrow next to it. Click the up or down arrow 
   to vote for/against a ticket. Higher number tickets tend to get done sooner.
 * Note: Please don’t leave comments on trac tickets unless you have content of 
   substance to add. I think people want to get away from the “+1” type voting scheme,
   because it got to be rather annoying to people subscribing to the trac email 
   list.
 *  [clayperez](https://wordpress.org/support/users/clayperez/)
 * (@clayperez)
 * [16 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/upgrade-request/#post-1276878)
 * I think it’s easy enough to uninstall the plugin, and it certainly doesn’t get
   in the way. It’s a great place for novice WP users to learn the nuts and bolts
   of plugin development too, so rather than having to find it and install it later
   to see how it works, it’s there.
 * I would like to request an upgrade though. Seems time for a new version of Hello
   Dolly. Maybe some random text colors or something? 😉
 *  Moderator [Ipstenu (Mika Epstein)](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ipstenu/)
 * (@ipstenu)
 * 🏳️‍🌈 Advisor and Activist
 * [16 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/upgrade-request/#post-1276879)
 * It’s easy enough to uninstall, but then it comes back when you upgrade, which
   I suspect annoys people (me, I just ignore it).
 * I’m kind of fond of it 0:)
 *  [cartpauj](https://wordpress.org/support/users/cartpauj/)
 * (@cartpauj)
 * [16 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/upgrade-request/#post-1276904)
 * You all obviously don’t understand WordPress and its origins very well. Taking“
   Hello Dolly” out of WordPress downloads would be like taking “Free Speech” out
   of America…It just shouldn’t happen!!! Besides its one dinky file that takes 
   less than 5 seconds to delete.
 *  [Jacob Dunn](https://wordpress.org/support/users/spacemanspud/)
 * (@spacemanspud)
 * [15 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/upgrade-request/#post-1276925)
 * Oh, I agree. As an initial install, Hello Dolly is great for demonstrating the
   plugin functionality of wordpress. And yes, it does have a history with wordpress.
   But I shouldn’t have to delete it after every update – it would be like reinserting
   the default “This is an example of a WordPress page” or “Hi, this is a comment”
   every time I do a core update. If I deleted it, quit re-installing it.
 * There is a [new ticket ](http://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/14484)that addresses
   this issue a bit more reasonably. Vote it up.

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 * In: [Requests and Feedback](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/requests-and-feedback/)
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 * Last reply from: [Jacob Dunn](https://wordpress.org/support/users/spacemanspud/)
 * Last activity: [15 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/upgrade-request/#post-1276925)
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