Answers.Body: <p>Kevin is right, there's no need to stop at each intermediate release--you can just download the latest and upgrade all the way through.</p>
  
  <p>In fact, even besides wasted time, it's generally a bad idea to upgrade through in-between releases. The point releases fix bugs, and sometimes the bug they fix is a bad upgrader.</p>
  
  <p>On occasion, an upgrade from a <em>really</em> old version (you'd be surprised at some of the Civi911 calls) will fail if we try it straight through, while it works if it's broken into a couple of pieces.  Still, the process would be to upgrade to the <em>last</em> of the 4.5 series (for example) and then to the latest version.  You should generally never upgrade to the .0 or .1 unless that's the latest release.</p>
  
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Answers.Body: <p>When I last did this, I went to  4.4.latest and then jumped to 4.6.15</p>
  
  <p>I was able to bypass the 4.5 upgrade, the 4.6.x upgrade has all the db update scripts so you will not miss anything. </p>
  
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Answers.Body: <p>I figured out my CiviCRM upgrade problem. The documentation said to enter xxxxxxx/wp-admin/admin.php?page=CiviCRM&amp;q=civicrm/… I looked further into that location and found the actual path on the server to admin.php was /home/xxxxxx/public_html/wordpress/wp-admin The path actually had to be xxxxxxx/wordpress/wp-admim/admin.php?... Once I put that into the browser it brought me to the upgrade page. I am working on the upgrade now. I did upgrade straight to the newest version.Thanks for working with me on this</p>
  
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Body: <p>I am trying to upgrade CiviCRM from 4.4.3 to 4.5.1 (and eventually go to the latest version. I am doing it incrementally 4.4-4.5-4.6-4.7 to be safe). I have been following these steps</p>
  
  <p><a href="https://wiki.civicrm.org/confluence/display/CRMDOC45/Upgrade+WordPress+Sites+to+4.6" rel="nofollow">https://wiki.civicrm.org/confluence/display/CRMDOC45/Upgrade+WordPress+Sites+to+4.6</a></p>
  
  <p>I am stuck at step 4:</p>
  
  <ul>
  <li>Point your web browser to the following URL (you should already be logged in to Wordpress with administrator-level permissions):
  http://wp-admin/admin.php?page=CiviCRM&amp;q=civicrm/upgrade&amp;reset=1</li>
  </ul>
  
  <p>I copied the civicrm.settings.php file to the civicrm folder after I uploaded the new 4.5.1 files. When I try to go to the link above I get a Page Not Found error</p>
  
  <p>If I remove the civicrm.settings.php file I get a Page Isn't working error</p>
  
  <p>Does anyone have any idea on what I need to do here? Thank you so much for any help you can provide. </p>
  
Tags: <wordpress><upgrade><4.5>
Title: Cannot get to Upgrade Now screen - Upgrade from 4.4.3 to 4.5.1 - Wordpress
ThreadText: # Cannot get to Upgrade Now screen - Upgrade from 4.4.3 to 4.5.1 - Wordpress
  
  (Asked by: username_0 on 2016-05-10)
  
  I am trying to upgrade CiviCRM from 4.4.3 to 4.5.1 (and eventually go to the latest version. I am doing it incrementally 4.4-4.5-4.6-4.7 to be safe). I have been following these steps
  
  <https://wiki.civicrm.org/confluence/display/CRMDOC45/Upgrade+WordPress+Sites+to+4.6>
  
  I am stuck at step 4:
  
  * Point your web browser to the following URL (you should already be logged in to Wordpress with administrator-level permissions):
    http://wp-admin/admin.php?page=CiviCRM&q=civicrm/upgrade&reset=1
  
  I copied the civicrm.settings.php file to the civicrm folder after I uploaded the new 4.5.1 files. When I try to go to the link above I get a Page Not Found error
  
  If I remove the civicrm.settings.php file I get a Page Isn't working error
  
  Does anyone have any idea on what I need to do here? Thank you so much for any help you can provide.
  
  **Tags:** wordpress, upgrade, 4.5
  
  
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  ## 3 answers
  
  ### Answer by username_1 on 2016-05-26. Score: 0 | Accepted answer
  
  Kevin is right, there's no need to stop at each intermediate release--you can just download the latest and upgrade all the way through.
  
  In fact, even besides wasted time, it's generally a bad idea to upgrade through in-between releases. The point releases fix bugs, and sometimes the bug they fix is a bad upgrader.
  
  On occasion, an upgrade from a *really* old version (you'd be surprised at some of the Civi911 calls) will fail if we try it straight through, while it works if it's broken into a couple of pieces. Still, the process would be to upgrade to the *last* of the 4.5 series (for example) and then to the latest version. You should generally never upgrade to the .0 or .1 unless that's the latest release.
  
  
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  ### Answer by username_2 on 2016-05-26. Score: 1
  
  When I last did this, I went to 4.4.latest and then jumped to 4.6.15
  
  I was able to bypass the 4.5 upgrade, the 4.6.x upgrade has all the db update scripts so you will not miss anything.
  
  
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  ### Answer by username_0 on 2016-05-28. Score: 0
  
  I figured out my CiviCRM upgrade problem. The documentation said to enter xxxxxxx/wp-admin/admin.php?page=CiviCRM&q=civicrm/… I looked further into that location and found the actual path on the server to admin.php was /home/xxxxxx/public\_html/wordpress/wp-admin The path actually had to be xxxxxxx/wordpress/wp-admim/admin.php?... Once I put that into the browser it brought me to the upgrade page. I am working on the upgrade now. I did upgrade straight to the newest version.Thanks for working with me on this
  
  
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