It’s been a few years since I last updated WordPress on this blog. I was surprised to find that the process hasn’t become much more user-friendly. Some problems I encountered, with solutions:
1. Problems with the email-to-post tool: the email-to-post tool requires creating a cron job to periodically check the Pop3 account. Instead, install Postie, which doesn’t require cron and is more powerful. For example, it whitelists allowed-posters for security, can strip signatures from the email, and includes macros, video embedding, and other features.
2. Problems with image uploads: when using the admin image upload tool, images would fail to complete their upload and would not appear in the gallery. Solution: add these lines to the .htaccess file:
AddType x-mapp-php5 .php
AddHandler x-mapp-php5 .php
By default, you don’t have an .htaccess file. So use your WordPress Settings | Permalinks page to change your permalinks style. That will create an .htaccess file. Then add the above lines at the end of that file.
New version of blog.