So I recently upgraded wordpress (again) and despite all the experience (upgrading and creating new blogs), it still takes me A LOT longer than what it should.

Both times I upgraded, I followed the instructions wordpress gives but I’ve found most of the tips a waste of time. I think it’s best (at least in the circumstances I’ve been in) to just completely deletd all of the files on the server (but not your databse, of course) and then upload the new wordpress files and then your plugins. After spending an hour or two trying to “upgrade” wordpress, I did this and the blog worked flawlessly. Oh yeah, and it took an enitre 3 minutes.