WordPress 2.9 Feature Focus Batch Plug-in Updates

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1. Erik (1 comments.) says:

   12/20/2009 at 11:42 am

   Ha – I went straight to the bulk actions looking for the upgrade option. It makes the most sense – better than burying it under Tools.
2. shep (1 comments.) says:

   12/20/2009 at 12:11 pm

   I love the bulk upgrade of plugins but I think putting it in Tools -> Upgrade has to be the dumbest decision. Why not have it a bulk action on the plugins page? That would seem extremely logical. I actually had to google how to do it because I wasn’t expecting it to be located on the Upgrade page. I’d like to see the thinking behind that move.
3. jcwinnie (5 comments.) says:

   12/20/2009 at 1:02 pm

   Watcha talkin bout Willis? I followed those directions, and saw no screen such as you described. And, I have automagically upgraded to 2.9.
   • WindowsObserver (9 comments.) says:

     12/20/2009 at 1:51 pm

     Hmm not sure what to say – it is in the Tools Upgrade menu for all 5 of the sites I manage.

     Rich
   • WindowsObserver (9 comments.) says:

     12/20/2009 at 1:54 pm

     Just thought of this and I know it seems like a silly question but do you have any plugins to be uprgaded? The option only appears if there are plug-ins to be updated.

     Rich
4. Simon (1 comments.) says:

   12/20/2009 at 1:13 pm

   I think this is a great feature, it’s just a shame they decided to hide it from everyone. Why on earth have they put it under “tools”? Why not with the rest of the plugin options. Specifically, they have a link on the plugins page that shows only the plugins that have updates available, why not at least put a link to it on that page.

   I think they’ve really missed a usability trick. It took me a google search to find the option after hunting through all the plugin related pages in the admin area.
   • WindowsObserver (9 comments.) says:

     12/20/2009 at 1:50 pm

     I agree Simon – hopefully that can be a part of a point upgrade down the road. I looked and looked for it on the plugin page and thought I was going crazy. Not sure what made me go look in the upgrade page but there it was. That is why I wrote this post to maybe help others looking for it as well.

     Rich
   • Abhinav Sood (2 comments.) says:

     12/20/2009 at 5:50 pm

     Really… I, too, had almost gone mad trying to find a way to batch-upgrade the plugins along with other plugin options, just when it struck me that maybe it will be under the upgrade tab!

     I won’t mind an immediate minor release addressing this issue! because this is a key feature of this milestone release – and I don’t want to wait for this to be fixed in the next milestone release around spring next year.. There are so many plugin upgrades every other day ..

     With the way it is, presently – it’s such a hassle!
5. Abhinav Sood (2 comments.) says:

   12/20/2009 at 6:12 pm

   Alright, I posted this issue as a Topic in WordPress Support > Requests and Feedback.. You can find it at —

   Usability Bug – Batch-Upgrade Plugins Feature in WP 2.9 :
   http://wordpress.org/support/topic/343535 ()
6. Michael Aulia @CravingTech (5 comments.) says:

   12/20/2009 at 6:49 pm

   Really love this feature. I thought it was on the plugins screen, but after a few Google searches, managed to find it on the Tools-Upgrade section
7. Developer Overseas says:

   12/20/2009 at 8:25 pm

   Ahhhh……. ok…. I was looking all around for the Bulk Upgrade and could not find it on the Plug-in area so I just individually updated the plug-ins. Now I read your post and I see where it is
8. goofydg1 (6 comments.) says:

   12/20/2009 at 11:34 pm

   Not to pile on but I have to agree. It would seem to make more sense having it as a drop down option in the plugins bulk actions area. I never would have looked in the tools upgrade until I found this article.

   I’ll probably keep using the plugin central plugin because it puts the upgrades on the admin landing page. It’s also nice to be able to export a list of plugins and install them in the bulk install when I’m setting up a new site. Good time saver.
9. sam says:

   12/21/2009 at 2:15 am

   Sorry if this is unrelated but I really need help, I just upgraded to the new WP version, and now cannot access my wp-admin, it shows Database Upgrade required and its been that way for 2 days now!! I know I might have a big database, but I need to add content right away. Can anyone help? thanks very much.

   Sam
10. Dion Hulse (2 comments.) says:

    12/21/2009 at 5:33 am

    It was an oversight that it was missed from the Plugins bulk actions, Personally, I just assumed it had been added there…

    Theres a trac ticket, and it’ll definately be in the next release in the bulk actions list!

    Its strange how developers can miss these things, Which is why having more users testing the beta’s is always helpful, test it, get confused why its not there, Report it, Developers realise “Hey… why didnt I think of that” or “Oh sh… i didnt write that part..” So please to those who are commenting with a “WTF?”.. Test the beta versions of WordPress http://dd32.id.au/2009/12/21/a-call-to-arms/
11. Ostsee (1 comments.) says:

    12/21/2009 at 2:04 pm

    this is a great feature , that safe many time.. but is the really secure?
    • WindowsObserver (9 comments.) says:

      12/21/2009 at 7:16 pm

      I believe it is as secure as the method for updating them before version 2.9. They just added the ability to update more than one at a time.
12. joecr (20 comments.) says:

    12/23/2009 at 9:47 am

    Well that explains why I could never find the feature. So like others I updated them manually. I hope they fix this issue.
13. Rick@Rickety (10 comments.) says:

    12/27/2009 at 11:13 am

    I like the support for rel=Canonical. Also the trash is good (no, not my posts, I mean the trash can).
    • WindowsObserver (9 comments.) says:

      12/27/2009 at 11:23 am

      Rick – I agree with you – about the Trash Feature not your posts