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New Wordpress Installation: No Choice But To Install Ver 2.8??

by kelvin yeo
7 replies
Need to ask the WP-savvy warriors out there -- if you're installing WP thru cpanel and Fantastico, can you still install version 2.7 OR do you have NO choice but to use 2.8?? Is there anyway to still install 2.7?

Just hoping not to have to deal with 2.8 until all the bugs are sorted or 2.8.1 comes along...

Thanks all!
#choice #install #installation #ver #wordpress
  • Profile picture of the author NakMuay
    Apparently my Fantastico installation forces me to go with 2.8. However, this link may help you (talks about downgrading your WP install).

    WordPress › Support How to downgrade from 2.8 to previous version?
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  • Profile picture of the author Virginia M. Clemmons
    Hey Kelvin,

    Unfortunately, your stuck installing whatever version your webhost has available in Fantastico. However, if you do a manual install you can go to Wordpress Release Archives to download whichever version you want. P.S. You need to know how to setup a MySQL database and how to rename files with ftp.

    Here's a link to installing Wordpress manually. Installing WordPress Manually

    Hope that helps,
    Virginia
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    • Profile picture of the author djleon1
      Wordpress has a beta 2.81 available for download that is supposed to address many of the problems with 2.8
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  • Profile picture of the author kelvin yeo
    Thanks Craig, Virginia and djleon1! I can see I'm gonna have a real fun day today...
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  • Profile picture of the author Darrel Hawes
    One of my webhosts - Bluehost - has "Simple Scripts" available... which you can use in lieu of Fantastico.

    As of today, with Simple Scripts you can select any Wordpress version back to 2.3.1.
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