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When I upgraded to WordPress 2.5.1, my RSS feeds were gone

Filed Under Blogging tips, Software

I always wait before upgrading anything.

If Windows comes out with updates, I always wait and see if they are working correctly. Sometimes, you just never know if all the kinks have been worked out.

Well, I recently upgraded to WordPress 2.5 and absolutely loved it.

A short time later, I saw that WordPress 2.5.1 became available available. Says “Please update now” on the dashboard, right where you can’t avoid it! Without thinking about it, I upgraded my blog and 2 clients as well. 

I found it very strange that I needed to upgrade my database yet again, but figured it was par for the course.

I really wish I hadn’t upgraded.

Today, I noticed that when I look at my RSS feeds, it says that I have no articles. 

I didn’t even think of checking my RSS feeds once I upgraded!

Everything worked perfectly. My blog posts were all there and WordPress worked like before. So, I figured all was well.

So, back to the story. I immediately thought it was something I did wrong. I decided to check out all my other WordPress blogs.

When I checked out this blog (which hadn’t yet been upgraded to 2.5.1), the RSS feeds worked properly.

I thought it was some kind of settings or permissions to the files.

I checked those and they were all identical. In fact, this blog is hosted by the same company as my www.thrivingdesigner.com blog. This one worked and Thriving Designer didn’t.

So, what was my next step?

I downgraded it back to 2.5 and my RSS were back.

I tried re-upgrading, and they disappeared again.

C O N C L U S I O N :

I’m waiting for the next version. And one more thing to check and make sure it works!

And, before I upgrade all my blogs, I will check that one works perfectly before diving in and upgrading all of them.

 

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